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Ordovices

Ordovices noun: an ancient tribe of Britannia, situated opposite the island of Anglesey.

Noun

Ordovices pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) An ancient tribe of Britannia, situated opposite the island of Anglesey.

Origin of Ordovices

Learned borrowing from Latin Ordovīcēs.

Words formed from Ordovices

Questions about Ordovices

What does Ordovices mean?
Ordovices means an ancient tribe of Britannia, situated opposite the island of Anglesey.
What part of speech is Ordovices?
Ordovices is a noun.

Words near Ordovices in the dictionary

  1. ordonnant
  2. Ordorica
  3. Ordoricas
  4. ordos
  5. Ordovian
  6. Ordovices
  7. Ordovician
  8. Ordoyne
  9. Ordoynes
  10. ordoñezite
  11. ordre

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