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say it: an-ti-BEL-uhm
antebellum is an adjective meaning "belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War". It is pronounced /ˌæntɪˈbɛləm/ — an-ti-BEL-uhm. It carries one recorded sense.
belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for antebellum 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.
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