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intracontinental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-tra-con-ti-nen-tal
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Within a continent (especially occupying a large part of a continent)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English continental English intracontinental From intra- + continental.

Inflected Forms

intra-continental (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

intercontinental

Questions

What does intracontinental mean?
Within a continent (especially occupying a large part of a continent)
Where does intracontinental come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English continental English intracontinental From intra- + continental.

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