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stannary

Meaningtin

Common meaning: a tin-mining district

Journey through time

  1. Latinstannum‘tin’source
  2. Late Latinstannaria‘a tin-mine’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa tin-mine → a tin-mining districtstannary‘a tin-mining district’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin stannum ‘tin’.

Roots

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