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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Terranian en · ADJ

Etymology

Possibly Terra + -an + -ian, thus making the term redundant.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Relating to Earth or its people.
    • The first operator spoke no Terranian languages at all. The second one could only speak French and German. 1954 May, Bill Wesley, “The Primus Curse”, in Planet Stories, volume 6, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Fiction House, page 53:

Synonyms

Terran

Terranian en · NOUN

Etymology

Possibly Terra + -an + -ian, thus making the term redundant.

Meanings

  1. An inhabitant of Earth.
    • "How we've all longed for this glorious day! And thanks to our glorious Fire Reaper techno, all Terranians can join with us in our final triumph!" 2013, Patricia Robertson, The Fire Reapers, Whitehorse, Y.T.: Linnaea Press, →ISBN, page 370:

Forms

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Terranians Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Earthlet · Earthperson · Earthican · Earthling · Earthsider · Terran · Earther · Tellurian · Terran · Terrestrial · Earthian · Gaian · Earthan · Terrestrian · Earthie