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Hepburnian

Hepburnian adjective: of or pertaining to James Curtis Hepburn or his system of romanization of the Japanese language.

Adjective

Hepburnian (comparative more Hepburnian, superlative most Hepburnian)

  1. Of or pertaining to James Curtis Hepburn or his system of romanization of the Japanese language.

Forms of Hepburnian

comparativemore Hepburnian
superlativemost Hepburnian

Origin of Hepburnian

From Hepburn + -ian.

Questions about Hepburnian

What does Hepburnian mean?
Hepburnian means of or pertaining to James Curtis Hepburn or his system of romanization of the Japanese language.
What part of speech is Hepburnian?
Hepburnian is an adjective.

Words near Hepburnian in the dictionary

  1. hepatozoonoses
  2. hepatozoonosis
  3. Hepatozoons
  4. Hepburn
  5. Hepburn Springs
  6. Hepburnian
  7. hepcat
  8. hepcats
  9. hepcidin
  10. hepcidins
  11. hepeat

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