adj
citerior
Citerior (adj) means Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
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Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin citerior (“(particularly in province names) nearer”), comparative of citer (“on this side; near”) (from cis (“on or to this or the near side of; short of; before”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”)) + -ior (suffix forming comparatives). The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese and Spanish citerior.
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"citerior" (adj) means chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.