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matrilocality

matrilocality noun: the state of being matrilocal, for a married couple to be living with the family of the wife.

Noun

matrilocality (uncountable)

  1. (family) The state of being matrilocal, for a married couple to be living with the family of the wife.
    Antonyms:
    patrilocality

matrilocality meaning in Tamil

matrilocality in Tamil

தாயகந்தங்கல்

Antonyms of matrilocality

Origin of matrilocality

From matrilocal + -ity, from matri- + local.

Questions about matrilocality

What does matrilocality mean?
Matrilocality means the state of being matrilocal, for a married couple to be living with the family of the wife.
What is matrilocality in Tamil?
Matrilocality in Tamil is தாயகந்தங்கல். See Matrilocality meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is matrilocality?
Matrilocality is a noun.

Words near matrilocality in the dictionary

  1. matrilinial
  2. matrilinies
  3. matrilins
  4. matriliny
  5. matrilocal
  6. matrilocality
  7. matrilocally
  8. matrilysin
  9. matrilysins
  10. matrimania
  11. matrimoieties

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matrilocality (page history and authors); matrilocality (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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