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nesogaean

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ne-so-gaean
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to Nesogaea—Polynesia or Oceania, New Zealand excepted, with regard to the distribution of its animals.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek νήσος (nḗsos, “island”) + γαῖα (gaîa, “the Earth”) + -an.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does nesogaean mean?
Relating to Nesogaea—Polynesia or Oceania, New Zealand excepted, with regard to the distribution of its animals.
Where does nesogaean come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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