Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oganessian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oganes-sian
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Armenian.

Example Sentences

"Lastly, and in line with the tradition of honoring a scientist, the name oganesson and symbol Og for element 118 was proposed by the collaborating teams of discoverers at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) and recognizes Professor Yuri Oganessian (born 1933) for his pioneering contributions to transactinoid elements research."

Etymology

From Russian Оганеся́н (Oganesján), russification of Armenian Հովհաննիսյան (Hovhannisyan).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Оганеся́н, Հովհաննիսյան

Derived Forms

oganesson

Questions

What does oganessian mean?: A surname from Armenian.
Where does oganessian come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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