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paralian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-alian
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

someone who lives by the sea

noun

a member of an ancient Greek people who lived by the Athenian coast in the 6th century B.C.E.

Etymology

Early 18th-century adoption into English as a common noun, with its earliest use credited to Philip Wharton, 1st Duke of Wharton. From Ancient Greek Παράλιος (Parálios, “Paralian”), from παράλιος (parálios, “coastal, maritime”), from παρα- (para-, “beside, next to”) + ἅλς (háls, “salt, seawater”) + -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Παράλιος

Inflected Forms

paralians (plural)

Questions

What does paralian mean?
someone who lives by the sea
Where does paralian come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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