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Cataractonium

Cataractonium proper noun: a former town in Roman Britain, modern-day United Kingdom, now called Catterick.

Proper noun

Cataractonium

  1. A former town in Roman Britain, modern-day United Kingdom, now called Catterick.

Origin of Cataractonium

Borrowed from Latin Cataractonium. Compare cataracta (“waterfall, drawbridge”). Doublet of Catterick.

Questions about Cataractonium

What does Cataractonium mean?
Cataractonium means a former town in Roman Britain, modern-day United Kingdom, now called Catterick.
What part of speech is Cataractonium?
Cataractonium is a proper noun.

Words near Cataractonium in the dictionary

  1. cataracting
  2. cataractogenesis
  3. cataractogenic
  4. cataractogenicity
  5. cataractogenous
  6. Cataractonium
  7. cataractous
  8. cataracts
  9. cataraft
  10. catarafts
  11. catarhine

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