"Melburnian" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more Melburnian [comparative], most Melburnian [superlative]
Etymology: From the Latin name for Melbourne, Melburnia, + -ian. The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. 'The diphthong, ‘ou’ is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.' Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ian}} + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} Melburnian (comparative more Melburnian, superlative most Melburnian)
  1. Of, from or relating to Melbourne. Translations (relating to Melbourne): 墨爾本的 (Chinese Mandarin), 墨尔本的 (Mò'ěrběn de) (Chinese Mandarin), melbournelainen (Finnish), Melbourner (German), Melburniensis [feminine, masculine] (Latin), ме́льбурнский (mélʹburnskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Melburnian-en-adj-M8xSh2nk

Noun

Forms: Melburnians [plural]
Etymology: From the Latin name for Melbourne, Melburnia, + -ian. The term can be traced back to 1876, when the case for Melburnian over Melbournian was made in the Melbourne Grammar School publication, the Melburnian. 'The diphthong, ‘ou’ is not a Latin diphthong: hence, we argued this way, Melburnia would be [the] Latin form of name, and from it comes Melburnian.' Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ian}} + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} Melburnian (plural Melburnians)
  1. A native or inhabitant of Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria, Australia. Categories (topical): Demonyms Categories (place): Melbourne, Victoria Synonyms: Melbournite Translations (native of Melbourne): 墨爾本人 (Chinese Mandarin), 墨尔本人 (Mò'ěrběnrén) (Chinese Mandarin), melbournelainen (Finnish), Melbourner [masculine] (German), Melbournerin [feminine] (German), メルボルン人 (Meruborun-jin) (Japanese), ме́льбурнец (mélʹburnec) [masculine] (Russian), ме́льбурнка (mélʹburnka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Melburnian-en-noun-MugCmyJx Disambiguation of Demonyms: 13 87 Disambiguation of Melbourne: 23 77 Disambiguation of Victoria: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian, Demonyms for Australians Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 8 92 Disambiguation of Demonyms for Australians: 5 95

Inflected forms

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