Etymology

oppidan

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation. Full definition →

Latin oppidānus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromoppidānus“of a town, provincial”
  2. English todayoppidan

From Latin oppidānus (“of a town, provincial”), from oppidum (“town which is not an urbs”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjective-forming suffix), by surface analysis, oppid(um) + -an.

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