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uxorilocal

uxorilocal adjective: matrilocal.

Adjective

uxorilocal (not comparable)

  1. Matrilocal.
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uxorilocal meaning in Tamil

uxorilocal in Tamil

தாயக உறைவிடம், தாயக உறைவிட

Origin of uxorilocal

From Latin uxor (“wife”) + English -i- + local.

Words formed from uxorilocal

Questions about uxorilocal

What does uxorilocal mean?
Uxorilocal means matrilocal.
What is uxorilocal in Tamil?
Uxorilocal in Tamil is தாயக உறைவிடம், தாயக உறைவிட. See Uxorilocal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is uxorilocal?
Uxorilocal is an adjective.

Words near uxorilocal in the dictionary

  1. uxoriality
  2. uxorially
  3. uxoricidal
  4. uxoricide
  5. uxoricides
  6. uxorilocal
  7. uxorilocality
  8. uxorilocally
  9. uxorious
  10. uxoriously
  11. uxoriousness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uxorilocal (page history and authors); uxorilocal (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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