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melburnian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
mel-bur-ni-an
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A native or inhabitant of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

adj

Of, from or relating to the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Etymology

From the Latin name for Melbourne, Melburnia, + -ian. The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. 'The diphthong, ‘ou’ is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.'

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Melburnians (plural) Melbournian (alternative) more Melburnian (comparative) most Melburnian (superlative)

Synonyms

Melbournite

Questions

What does melburnian mean?
A native or inhabitant of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Where does melburnian come from?
From the Latin name for Melbourne, Melburnia, + -ian. The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. 'The diphthong, ‘ou’ is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.'

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