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Somervillian

Somervillian adjective: of or pertaining to Somerville College, Oxford.

Adjective

Somervillian (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Somerville College, Oxford.
    • The project was also awarded Oxford City Council's David Steel Sustainable Building Award, being commended for its balancing of Somervillian collegiate heritage with the need for energy efficiency to be a consideration for the new building.
  2. Of or pertaining to Somerville.

Noun

Somervillian (plural Somervillians)

  1. One who attends, or formerly attended, Somerville College, Oxford.
  2. A person from, or an inhabitant of, Somerville.

Forms of Somervillian

pluralSomervillians

Origin of Somervillian

From Somerville + -ian.

Questions about Somervillian

What does Somervillian mean?
Somervillian means of or pertaining to Somerville College, Oxford.
What part of speech is Somervillian?
Somervillian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Somervillian in the dictionary

  1. Somerton
  2. Somervell
  3. Somervell County
  4. Somerville
  5. Somerville Hall
  6. Somervillian
  7. Somervillians
  8. Somes
  9. Someses
  10. somesing
  11. somesthesia

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