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-itan

-itan suffix: forming adjectives, typically from a place ending in -polis.

Suffix

-itan

  1. Forming adjectives, typically from a place ending in -polis.

Origin of -itan

Borrowed from Latin -ītānus.

Questions about -itan

What does -itan mean?
-itan means forming adjectives, typically from a place ending in -polis.
What part of speech is -itan?
-itan is a suffix.

Words near -itan in the dictionary

  1. -istical
  2. -istically
  3. -istics
  4. -ists
  5. -isy
  6. -itan
  7. -itate
  8. -ite
  9. -ites
  10. -itic
  11. -itides

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