Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

central european

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tral eu-ro-pean
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.

noun

A Central European person; one who comes from or lives in Central Europe.

Example Sentences

"Who knows much about the venerable traditions of Central European kingdoms like Poland-Lithuania, Bohemia, and Hungary and their valiant struggles for freedom?"
"Central Europeans also have in their heads a number of different historical maps and milestones that are not particularly well known outside the region or necessarily respected by their neighbors, and they still regularly use them as points of orientation."
"Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, and Slovene national elites have tried desperately to prove that their countries do not belong to the "East"; that they are, indeed, Central Europeans."

Etymology

From Central Europe + -ean, or central + European.

Inflected Forms

Central Europeans (plural)

Phrases

Central European Midsummer Time

Rhymes With

korean ian caribbean iain lien fijian dalian tanzanian rian plebeian paean peon

Questions

What does central european mean?: Of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.
Where does central european come from?: From Central Europe + -ean, or central + European.

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