Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cottian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cot-tian
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the Cottian Alps.

Etymology

From Latin Cottius, Marcus Julius Cottius, king of several Ligurian tribes in the 1st century BCE.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Cottius

Questions

What does cottian mean?: Relating to the Cottian Alps.
Where does cottian come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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