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Transliteration Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Transliteration has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a transcription from one alphabet to another

2

The act or product of transliterating, of representing letters or words in the characters of another alphabet or script.

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Origin

This word comes from combining Latin trans- meaning "across" with literation, referring to the act of writing letters. It originally described the process of converting text from one script into another while preserving the exact spelling of the original characters.

Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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