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ivorian

/aɪˈvɔːɹiən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
ivo-rian
IPA
/aɪˈvɔːɹiən/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from Côte d'Ivoire or of Ivorian descent.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Côte d'Ivoire or the Ivorian people.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English Ivory (Coast) 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 Ivorian From Ivory (Coast) + -ian.

Inflected Forms

Ivorians (plural)

Derived Forms

Ivorianness

Synonyms

Côte d'Ivoirian Ivoirian

Rhymes With

victorian historian dorian singaporean ecuadorian florian gregorian valedictorian delorean pythagorean praetorian nestorian

Questions

How do you pronounce ivorian?
The recorded pronunciation is /aɪˈvɔːɹiən/.
What does ivorian mean?
A person from Côte d'Ivoire or of Ivorian descent.
Where does ivorian come from?
Etymology tree English Ivory (Coast) 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 Ivorian From Ivory (Coast) + -ian.

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