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fornicalia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-ni-calia
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative spelling of Fornacalia (“Roman baking festival”).

name

California (a state of the United States).

Humorous

Etymology

Presumably a phonetic reversal of California, chosen to resemble fornication and to end with -alia (a common word ending found sometimes in geographical names, like Sedalia, perhaps also chosen because it ends genitalia and causes Fornicalia to match that word in meter and rhyme).

Usage

Questions

What does fornicalia mean?
Alternative spelling of Fornacalia (“Roman baking festival”).
Where does fornicalia come from?
Presumably a phonetic reversal of California, chosen to resemble fornication and to end with -alia (a common word ending found sometimes in geographical names, like Sedalia, perhaps also chosen because it ends genitalia and causes Fornicalia to match that word in meter and rhyme).

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