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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Liverpolitan en · ADJ

Etymology

Influenced by similar terms Neapolitan, metropolitan. Possibly popularized as a more high-class alternative to Liverpudlian.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Relating to Liverpool, England.
    • Indeed, the Liverpolitan accent had more in common with that spoken in surrounding parts of Lancashire in 1914 than it does today. 2005, Helen B. McCartney, Citizen Soldiers, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 86:

Synonyms

Liverpudlian

Liverpolitan en · NOUN

Etymology

Influenced by similar terms Neapolitan, metropolitan. Possibly popularized as a more high-class alternative to Liverpudlian.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Someone from Liverpool, England.
    • The man, it will be seen, was himself a Liverpolitan, and I dare say he voiced very fairly the general Liverpolitan sentiment in these matters. 1907, Dixon Scott, Liverpool, A. and C. Black, page 112:

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