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maastrichtian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables
Maa-stricht-i-an
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to Maastricht.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Maastrichtian Age geological period.

noun

Someone from Maastricht

Countable

name

The dialect of the Limburgish language as spoken in Maastricht

name

in the ICS geologic timescale, the last stage or age of the Cretaceous period, and of the Mesozoic era, preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian period.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Maastricht 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 Maastrichtian From Maastricht + -ian.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more Maastrichtian (comparative) most Maastrichtian (superlative) Maastrichtians (plural)

Questions

What does maastrichtian mean?
Of or pertaining to Maastricht.
Where does maastrichtian come from?
Etymology tree English Maastricht 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 Maastrichtian From Maastricht + -ian.

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