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  • noun The act or process of Latinising.

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Examples

  • _parliament_, that it is a modern Latinisation of the French word

    Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 Various

  • The genus name, Spongiforma, refers to the close resemblance of the spherical fruit body to a sea sponge, whilst the specific name, squarepantsii, is the Latinisation of SpongeBob's SquarePants pictured.

    The new fungus from Bikini Bottom 2011

  • Christian epoch after the re-Latinisation of England.

    The Historic Thames Hilaire Belloc 1911

  • I do not see why the British flag should be any impediment to the Latinisation of tropical Africa or to the natural extension of the French and Italian languages through Egypt.

    What is Coming? 1906

  • Latin America is a sub-standard hell-hole and the Latinisation of the United of America will turn that counry into a hell-hole also.

    Hot Air » Top Picks 2009

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