Meanings
nouncollectanea pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyA selective collection of passages from various sources or by various authors; an anthology.
Some of the more familiar conjugations of verbs in the American common speech, as recorded by Charters or Lardner or derived from my own collectanea, are here set down: […]
[1921 [1919], H. L. Mencken, The American Language, 2nd edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, →OCLC
Translations
Latin collectanea
- collectaneaanthology
Portuguese coletânea
- coletâneaanthology
Russian антоло́гия, сбо́рник
- антоло́гия (antológija)anthology
- сбо́рник (sbórnik)anthology
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APA
collectanea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectanea
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“collectanea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectanea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collectanea,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collectanea.
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