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Meaning of Usonian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/juːˈsoʊni.ən/

Definitions

  1. An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
  2. An inhabitant of the Wrightian community of Usonia, New York.
  3. A house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonian style.

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Examples

“As a Usonian of Celtic-Franco/Gallego Mexican-Quaker-Catholic-German-Blackfoot-Rock&Roll descent, I feel at home.”
“"Those were the best of the arguments," one Usonian remembered.”
“Rosenbaum does an admirable job of characterizing the philosophy behind the Usonian and its particular place in time.”
“His ability to design buildings to fit their locations was one of his great talents, and his Usonian houses, despite the highly systematized construction methods used, were always attuned to the particulars of each building location. The composition of the exterior walls and the structural system was repeated from house to house […] yet each Usonian was distinct.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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