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patrial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-tri-al
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.

adj

Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent

British usage

noun

One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent.

British usage

noun

A noun derived from the name of a country.

Etymology

From Latin patria (“fatherland, country”). The United Kingdom sense was first introduced by the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

patrials (plural)

Derived Forms

nonpatrial patriality

Questions

What does patrial mean?
Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
Where does patrial come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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