Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wellingtonian

/ˌwɛlɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: welling-to-ni-an
IPA: /ˌwɛlɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A resident of Wellington, New Zealand.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Wellington 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 Wellingtonian From Wellington + -ian.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌwɛlɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/

Inflected Forms

Wellingtonians (plural)

Rhymes With

smithsonian estonian macedonian babylonian caledonian devonian draconian amazonian hamiltonian newtonian ionian oregonian

Questions

How do you pronounce wellingtonian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌwɛlɪŋˈtoʊ.ni.ən/.
What does wellingtonian mean?: A resident of Wellington, New Zealand.
Where does wellingtonian come from?: Etymology tree English Wellington 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 Wellingtonian From Wellington + -ian.

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