stiria

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noun

An icicle-shaped concretion.

OriginLatin stīria →
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Meanings

stiria1

nounstiria (plural stiriae)

plural stiriae

  1. An icicle-shaped concretion.

    the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […].

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section I

Stiria2

proper noun
  1. alternativedatedAlternative form of Styria.

    Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany: the firſt, towards the ſouth, comprehending the Palatinate of the Rhine, Franconia, Suabia, Bavaria, Bohemia, Moravia, Auſtria, Carinthia, Carniola, Stiria, Tyrol, the Swiſs, and the Griſons...

    1759, George Sale & al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, Vol.XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2

Origin

stiria · noun

  1. Latinstīria“icicle”
  2. Englishstiria

From Latin stīria (“icicle”).

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Stiria · proper noun

  1. Medieval LatinStiria
  2. EnglishStiria

From Medieval Latin Stiria. See Styria.

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APA

stiria. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiria

MLA

“stiria.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiria. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stiria,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stiria.

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