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Onomatopoeia

//ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə//

"Onomatopoeia" in a Sentence (3 examples)

What is an onomatopoeia?

Some of the onomatopoeia in Japanese make no sense to me.

A woorde making called of the Grecians Onomatapoia, is when wee make wordes of our owne minde, such as bee derived from the nature of things.

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