Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

illinoisian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: illi-nois-ian
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of Illinoisan.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Illinois Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Illinoisian From Illinois + -ian.

Inflected Forms

Illinoisians (plural)

Questions

What does illinoisian mean?: Alternative form of Illinoisan.
Where does illinoisian come from?: Etymology tree English Illinois Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Illinoisian From Illinois + -ian.

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