Enchorial
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Indigenous, native. not-comparable
"Well, the right name, Ouigoudi, if it had been continued as the name of the settlement, would be styled an enchorial name. St. John is an imported name, having been taken from the river to which the name was given by deMonts and Champlain in 1604 because they discovered it on St. John the Baptist's Day[…]"
- 2 Of, relating to, or written in the Egyptian Demotic script or language. archaic, not-comparable
"The inscription of the Rosetta Stone is written in hieroglyphics and in enchorial letters, with a Greek translation."
Example
More examples"Well, the right name, Ouigoudi, if it had been continued as the name of the settlement, would be styled an enchorial name. St. John is an imported name, having been taken from the river to which the name was given by deMonts and Champlain in 1604 because they discovered it on St. John the Baptist's Day[…]"
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐγχώριος (enkhṓrios, “rural, in or of the country”), from χώρα (khṓra, “country”).
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