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单词 trinacrian
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Trinacrianadj.

/trʌɪˈneɪkrɪən/
Etymology: < Latin Trīnacria Sicily, < Greek Τρινακρία , taken as < τρι- tri- comb. form + ἄκρα point, cape; but originally Θρῑνακίη, < θρῖναξ trident.
Of Sicily, Sicilian; hence, three-pointed.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Italy > [adjective] > Sicily
Trinacrian1640
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > sharp unevenness > [adjective] > having (a) sharp projection(s) > having three projecting points
three-forked1535
three-tined1558
trident1589
tridented1620
trident-shaped1871
Trinacrian1871
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 60 The Trinacrian Vespers, and Bartholomean Massacre, were nothing to this.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 661 Vex'd Scylla bathing in the Sea that parts Calabria from the hoarce Trinacrian shore. View more context for this quotation
1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera (1896) I. x. 201 Only the Trinacrian legs of [the Isle of] Man.

Derivatives

trinacrite n. /ˈtrɪnəkraɪt/ Mineralogy a brown variety of palagonite n. (Now considered as a rock.)
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > ejected volcanic material > [noun] > ash
ash1667
pozzolana1684
volcanic ash1776
trinacrite1854
Santorin earth1868
pumicite1916
1854 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 4) ii. 166 Trinacrite..is dull brown and cleavable or micaceous, and is mixed with..Siderosilicite.
1868 H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 240 Siderosilicite, a mineral forming, together with trinacrite, a brown mass on the tufa..at Cape Passaro, the southernmost point of Sicily.
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