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calvaria.

The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/kælˈvɛəɹi.ə/Received-Pronunciation/kælˈvɛɹi.ə/General-American
  1. The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap.

Where this word comes from

From Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calvarium, calavera, and calvary.

noun/kælˈvɛəɹi.ə/Received-Pronunciation/kælˈvɛɹi.ə/General-American
  1. plural of calvarium

    form-of · plural
Where this word comes from

By the standard Latin plural inflection -a for Latin nouns ending in -um (second declension). The word calvarium was a New Latin coinage from earlier Latin calvaria, and English naturalized it and its plural form intact via unadapted borrowing, as well as allowing a regularized English plural, calvariums; it also did the same thing with calvaria, calvariae, calvarias (first declension), as well.

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