Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inter-regional

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables: in-ter-re-gion-al
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of interregional.

Example Sentences

"During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on."
"Rather similar simple forms can be found over the whole area, and there are also specific inter-regional types, such as the widely distributed rod-headed figurines."

Etymology

From inter- + regional.

Questions

What does inter-regional mean?: Alternative form of interregional.
Where does inter-regional come from?: From inter- + regional.

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