adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Pertaining to habitation or an inhabited region. not-comparable
2. 2
   Deriving from the name of a place where a presumed ancestor once lived. not-comparable

Etymology

From habitation + -al.

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