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Vectisian

UK/vɛkˈtiːz.i.ən/

Vectisian adjective: of or pertaining to the Isle of Wight.

Adjective

Vectisian (comparative more Vectisian, superlative most Vectisian)

  1. (rare) Of or pertaining to the Isle of Wight.
    • We are not not going to discuss the causes which have induced the Vectesian agriculturalists to arrive at this conclusion;[…]1857 October 17, “Observation and Inference”, in The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, volume 3, number 55, E. Newman, page 17
    • The first stretch of Vectesian railway to be encountered by most visitors from London belonged to none of the island railways.1947, Cuthbert Hamilton Ellis, The Trains We Loved, Allen

Forms of Vectisian

comparativemore Vectisian
superlativemost Vectisian

Origin of Vectisian

From Vectis + -ian.

Questions about Vectisian

What does Vectisian mean?
Vectisian means of or pertaining to the Isle of Wight.
What part of speech is Vectisian?
Vectisian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Vectisian?
Vectisian is pronounced /vɛkˈtiːz.i.ən/ (UK).

Words near Vectisian in the dictionary

  1. vectigal
  2. vectigals
  3. vection
  4. vections
  5. vectis
  6. Vectisian
  7. vectitation
  8. vectograph
  9. vectographic
  10. vectographs
  11. vectography

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