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anoia

anoia noun: extreme mental deficiency.

Noun

anoia (uncountable)

  1. Extreme mental deficiency.
  2. (literally) Mindlessness.

Proper noun capitalized: Anoia

Anoia

  1. A comarca in central Catalonia

Origin of anoia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνοια (ánoia).

Borrowed from Catalan Anoia.

Words that rhyme with anoia

Questions about anoia

What does anoia mean?
Anoia means extreme mental deficiency.
What part of speech is anoia?
Anoia can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near anoia in the dictionary

  1. anoetic
  2. anofinic acid
  3. anogenic
  4. anogenital
  5. anogenitally
  6. anoia
  7. anoiconometon
  8. anoikic
  9. anoikis
  10. anoikism
  11. anoil

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