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Meaning of Subterranean | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌsʌbtəˈɹeɪniən

Definitions

Someone or something that is subterranean.

Equivalents

العربية تحت أرضي
Català subterrani
Čeština podzemní
Cymraeg tanddaearol
Deutsch unterirdisch
Ελληνικά υπόγειος
Español subterráneo
Suomi maanalainen
Français souterrain
עברית תת קרקעי
हिन्दी भूमिगत
Magyar föld alatti
Հայերեն ստորգետնյա
Italiano sotterraneo
日本語 地下 地下の
ქართული მიწისქვეშა
Қазақша жерастылық
Latina subterraneus
Македонски подземен
Nederlands onderaards
Polski podziemny
Português subterrâneo
Română subteran
Русский подземный
Slovenčina podzemný
Svenska underjordisk
Українська підземний

Examples

“[H]e continues Lean like a Hawke or Heron, notwith ſtanding his devouring Appetite: yet it would ſeem that they convey that ſubſtance elſewhere, for theſe Subterraneans eat but little in their Dwellings; […]”
“Whatever elſe the Tauric Cimmerium have been right or wrong called, it is no leſs ſurely a capital of darkneſs, than, near the famous Baths of Baiae, in Campania, the Cimmerium, where the inhabitants were truly Cimmerian; as miners, or other ſubterraneans; who, for good or evil purpoſe, never faced the ſun.”
“Prue found an ample subterranean, neatly furnished; […]”
“Above: a stretch of the walls of the old Cathedral of S. Reparata in the subterraneans of the Duomo.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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