Melburnian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of, from or relating to the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

词形变化

Melburnians plural more Melburnian comparative most Melburnian superlative

词源

词源 1
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.'
词源 2
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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