enchorial

English

WOTD – 12 November 2009

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγχώριος (enkhṓrios, “rural, in or of the country”), from χώρα (khṓra, “country”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈkɔː.ɹɪ.əl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈkoɹ.i.əl/

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Adjective

enchorial (not comparable)

1. Indigenous, native.

   Synonyms: autochthonous, indigenous, native

   • 1900, George Johnson, “Place-Names”, in George Upham Hay, editor, Canadian History Readings, volume 1, page 89:

     Well, the right name, Ouigoudi, if it had been continued as the name of the settlement, would be styled an enchorial name. St. John is an imported name, having been taken from the river to which the name was given by deMonts and Champlain in 1604 because they discovered it on St. John the Baptist's Day […]

2. (archaic) Of, relating to, or written in the Egyptian Demotic script or language.

   Synonyms: Demotic, demotic, enchoric

   • 1872, Philip Smith, A Smaller Ancient History of the East, page 130:

     The inscription of the Rosetta Stone is written in hieroglyphics and in enchorial letters, with a Greek translation.

Translations

indigenous, native

• Finnish: kansanomainen (fi)
• Portuguese: nativo (pt), autóctone (pt)

demotic — see demotic

References

• “enchorial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
• “enchorial”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “enchorial”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.