ligurian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A native or inhabitant of Liguria, Italy.
name
The Gallo-Italic language of this region.
name
An ancient Proto-Indo-European language spoken by the Ligures.
Example Sentences
- "It is sometimes proposed that there was a connection between Ligurian and Iberian, or that Ligurian was also found in Sicily. Notably, Ligurian has also been mentioned as one of the linguistic substrates of Sardinia."
Etymology
Etymology tree English Liguria Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Ligurian From Liguria + -an.
Inflected Forms
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Frequently Paired Words
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