septrional

1. 1.

   of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major

   Similarnorthern

Questions about septrional

What does septrional mean?

septrional means "of northern regions; from the seven stars (or seven plowing oxen) of Ursa Major".

How many syllables are in septrional?

septrional has 4 syllables and divides as sep-tri-o-nal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is septrional a common word?

septrional 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.