"calvaria" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kælˈvɛəɹi.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kælˈvɛɹi.ə/ [General-American] Forms: calvariae [plural], calvarias [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə Etymology: From Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calvarium, calavera, and calvary. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|calvāria||skull}} Latin calvāria (“skull”), {{doublet|en|calvarium|calavera|calvary}} Doublet of calvarium, calavera, and calvary Head templates: {{en-noun|calvariae|s}} calvaria (plural calvariae or calvarias)
  1. (anatomy) The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap. Synonyms: calvarium Derived forms: calvarial, calvarian, intracalvarial, subcalvarial, subcalvarian Translations (the dome or roof of the skull): Schädelkalotte [feminine] (German), Schädeldecke [feminine] (German), Schädeldach [neuter] (German), koponyatető (Hungarian), koponyaboltozat (Hungarian), fejtető (Hungarian), calotă craniană [feminine] (Romanian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kælˈvɛəɹi.ə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kælˈvɛɹi.ə/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə Etymology: By the standard Latin plural inflection -a for Latin nouns ending in -um (second declension). The word calvarium was a New Latin coinage from earlier Latin calvaria, and English naturalized it and its plural form intact via unadapted borrowing, as well as allowing a regularized English plural, calvariums; it also did the same thing with calvaria, calvariae, calvarias (first declension), as well. Etymology templates: {{glossary|unadapted borrowing}} unadapted borrowing Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} calvaria
  1. plural of calvarium Tags: form-of, plural Form of: calvarium
    Sense id: en-calvaria-en-noun-fENcRqQL Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 30 59 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 61 2 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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