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My primary tongue, I would call North-West Mercian.
Alan Garner

Meaning of "Mercian" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MERCIAN

Mercian  [ˈmɜːʃɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MERCIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mercian can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MERCIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mercia (disambiguation)

Mercia was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom covering the region now known as the English Midlands. Mercia or Mercian may also refer to: ▪ Mercia or Mercia Sound, former names for the local radio station Free Radio Coventry & Warwickshire ▪ Mercia Inshore Search and Rescue, an volunteer water-rescue organisation ▪ Mercia MacDermott, writer and historian ▪ Mercian Brigade, an historic unit in the British Army ▪ Mercian Cycles, a bicycle manufacturer ▪ Mercian dialect, a dialect of Old English spoken in Anglo-Saxon Mercia ▪ Mercian Regiment, a present-day unit of the British Army...

Definition of Mercian in the English dictionary

The definition of Mercian in the dictionary is of or relating to Mercia or the dialect spoken there. Other definition of Mercian is the dialect of Old and Middle English spoken in the Midlands of England south of the River Humber.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MERCIAN


Appalachian
ˌæpəˈleɪtʃɪən
Boeotian
bɪˈəʊʃɪən
Cilician
sɪˈlɪʃɪən
Galician
ɡəˈlɪʃɪən
Gratian
ˈɡreɪʃɪən
Haitian
ˈheɪʃɪən
Kampuchean
ˌkæmpʊˈtʃɪən
Laotian
ˈlaʊʃɪən
Laplacian
ləˈpleɪʃɪən
Lilliputian
ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃɪən
Lusatian
luːˈseɪʃɪən
Nietzschean
ˈniːtʃɪən
Ordovician
ˌɔːdəʊˈvɪʃɪən
pancratian
pænˈkreɪʃɪən
periscian
pəˈrɪʃɪən
Priscian
ˈprɪʃɪən
Sarmatian
sɑːˈmeɪʃɪən
Silesian
saɪˈliːʃɪən
Thracian
ˈθreɪʃɪən
Tsimshian
ˈtʃɪmʃɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MERCIAN

Mercia
merciable
mercies
merciful
mercifully
mercifulness
mercify
merciless
mercilessly
mercilessness
Merckx
Mercosur
Mercouri

WORDS THAT END LIKE MERCIAN

beautician
Cistercian
clinician
consultant physician
dietician
electrician
geriatrician
Grecian
lab technician
Lucian
magician
mathematician
musician
obstetrician
optician
pediatrician
physician
politician
statistician
technician

Synonyms and antonyms of Mercian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Mercian» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MERCIAN

Find out the translation of Mercian to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Mercian from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Mercian» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

梅尔恰安
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Mercian
570 millions of speakers

English

Mercian
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Mercian
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Mercian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Mercian
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Mércia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Mercian
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Mercie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mercian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mercian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マーシアの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

메르
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mercian
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con buôn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Mercian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेर्सियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mercian
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Mercian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mercian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Mercian
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Mercian
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Mercian
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Merciaan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Mercian
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mercian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Mercian

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCIAN»

The term «Mercian» is normally little used and occupies the 113.031 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MERCIAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Mercian» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Mercian» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Mercian

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QUOTES WITH «MERCIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Mercian.
1
Alan Garner
My primary tongue, I would call North-West Mercian.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERCIAN»

Discover the use of Mercian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Mercian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Alchemy, Book Two of the Mercian Trilogy: Alchemy
In the thirteenth century, William, heir to the Earl of Mercia, was attacked and turned into a vampire.
K. J. Wignall, 2012
2
Defining Power in the Mercian Supremacy: An Examination of ...
The Mercian Supremacy is taken as fact by most scholars of early Anglo-Saxon England.
James R. Neal, 2008
3
Blood: Book One of the Mercian Trilogy
ALso BY K.J. WIGNALL The Mercian Trilogy, Book 2: Alchemy OTHER EGMONT USA BOOKS You MAY ENJOY: The Shadowing: Hunted by Adam Slater Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser Blood on My Hands by Todd Strasser Kill You  ...
K. J. Wignall, 2011
4
Offa and the Mercian Wars
Yet the true story of Offa's long reign and of the rise and fall of Mercia are little known although this is one of the most intriguing episodes in this little-recorded phase of England's past.
Chris Peers, 2012
5
Beowulf and the Beowulf Manuscript
back mutation) belong to the cross-dialectal poetic word-hoard.6 Three of these poetic terms — heafni-, eafora, and eafod — account for no fewer than sixty of the seventy-three Mercian forms listed by Thomas. Klae- ber adds about forty ...
Kevin S. Kiernan, 1996
6
World, Self, Poem: Essays on Contemporary Poetry from the ...
The. Public. and. Private. Realms. of. Geoffrey. Hill's. Mercian. Hymns. In his essay "Poetry and Politics," the lead piece of a recent Tri- Quarterly special issue, Terrence DCS Pres makes a call for poets to produce writing "strong enough to ...
Leonard M. Trawick, Cleveland State University. Poetry Center, 1990
7
Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England
Chapter Six MERCIA Sources In spite of Mercia's dominant political position in the late seventh and early eighth centuries, remarkably few Mercian primary sources have survived. No Mercian chronicle or other narrative source exists, with the ...
Dr Barbara Yorke, 2002
8
The Cambridge History of the English Language
The Leiden Glossary is a Germanised corruption of the continental glossary tradition best preserved in the EpGl and ErfGl. The remaining texts, to varying degrees, exhibit some of the changes which are synchronic in the major Mercian texts.
Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Roger Lass, 1992
9
The Language of the Rushworth Gloss to the Gospel of Matthew ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Edward Miles Brown, 2012
10
The Journal of English and Germanic Philology
selves (cp. Sievere, §§ 150-167), nevertheless West Saxon still dominates the whole. West Saxon still figures as the type, from which type Northumbrian and Mercian have the air of being departures. The criticism is not mere theoretical ...
‎1907

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERCIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Mercian is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Poppycock! Anger as Stoke-on-Trent misses out on hosting Tower of …
Harry Foster, specialist products business manager for Johnson Tiles, said: “Local businesses, schools, colleges, universities, the Mercian ... «Stoke Sentinel, Jul 15»
2
Soldier reaches Alps as he WALKS from Cyprus to the UK
'Whilst I was on operations with the 2 Mercian Battlegroup in Cyprus, we were looking at a map of Europe one day when someone remarked ... «Famagusta Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Burton's army base stay of execution praised by ministers
Bosses at the site had previously been told F Company of the 4th Mercian Regiment, which consists of about 50 soldiers, would be withdrawn ... «Burton Mail, Jul 15»
4
Daily Mail photo of troops launching Afghan assault that's inspired …
The infantry were led by Major Stewart Hill, Officer Commanding of B Company, 2 Mercian. The Dragoons' armoured troop was under the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Bradley Paul who was wounded in a Taliban bombing stabbed …
Private Paul had served with the 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment and had been deployed to Afghanistan in September 2012. He was a ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Tragedy as hero soldier tormented by fighting Taliban bombers …
Bradley – who served with the 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment – was deployed to Afghanistan in September 2012. As a point man he led ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
7
Handsworth residents hail new homes a success
Equiano Place, which has been delivered by Circle Housing Mercian, has 34 new homes, including a mixture of one, two, three and four ... «24dash, Jul 15»
8
Connor Lynch jailed over cyclist Maxx Church's death in Derby
Maxx Church, from Derby, died in hospital after he was hit by an Audi A3 at the junction of Abbey Street and Mercian Way, in Derby, in October. «BBC News, Jul 15»
9
Special award for volunteer Army reservist
Private Jodie Dawes (24), who serves with C (Kohima) Company 4 of the Mercian Regiment, was presented with a mounted scroll signed by ... «Hucknall Today, Jul 15»
10
Wine makers buy up domestic vineyards to secure supply
By Kashiko Kawanaka / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer Amid the increasing popularity of wine made from Japanese grapes, Mercian Corp. and ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mercian [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mercian>. Apr 2024 ».
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