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stiria

stiria noun: an icicle-shaped concretion.

Noun

stiria (plural stiriae)

  1. An icicle-shaped concretion.
    • the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I

Proper noun capitalized: Stiria

Stiria

  1. (alternative, dated) Alternative form of Styria.
    • Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2

Forms of stiria

pluralstiriae

Origin of stiria

From Latin stīria (“icicle”).

From Medieval Latin Stiria. See Styria.

Words formed from stiria

  • Stirian

Questions about stiria

What does stiria mean?
Stiria means an icicle-shaped concretion.
What part of speech is stiria?
Stiria can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of stiria?
The plural of stiria is stiriae.

Words near stiria in the dictionary

  1. stirfried
  2. stirfries
  3. stirfry
  4. stirfrying
  5. stirfrys
  6. stiria
  7. stiriated
  8. stirious
  9. stiripentol
  10. stirk
  11. stirks

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