agassiz

Questions about agassiz

What does agassiz mean?

agassiz means "United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)".

How many syllables are in agassiz?

agassiz has 3 syllables: a-gas-siz. The stress falls on "gas". In IPA it is /əˈɡæsɪz/.

What is another word for agassiz?

Close synonyms include Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is agassiz a common word?

agassiz is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for agassiz come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.