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citerior.

Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɪˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/Received-Pronunciation/səˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/General-American
  1. Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.

    literary · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin citerior (“(particularly in province names) nearer”), comparative of citer (“on this side; near”) (from cis (“on or to this or the near side of; short of; before”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”)) + -ior (suffix forming comparatives). The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese and Spanish citerior.

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