Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sydnesian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: syd-ne-sian
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A native or inhabitant of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Dated

Example Sentences

"The Sydnesians then went in and scored 97; while in the second innings their adversaries only scored 32, leaving 33 in favor of Sydney with only one innings."

Etymology

From Sydney + -sian (c. 1837). Potentially derived from the sound /-dʒ(ə)n/ used in Glaswegian or Norwegian, with the g substituted by an s.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: Sydney
Suffix: -sian

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

Sydnesians (plural)

Synonyms

Sydneyan Sydneysider Sydneyite

Questions

What does sydnesian mean?: A native or inhabitant of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Where does sydnesian come from?: From Sydney + -sian (c. 1837). Potentially derived from the sound /-dʒ(ə)n/ used in Glaswegian or Norwegian, with the g substituted by an s.

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