Cilician
/sɪˈlɪsɪən/adjective, noun
Cilician is spelled C-I-L-I-C-I-A-N: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, Cilician means “Pertaining to or originating from Cilicia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Cilician?
| Letters | 8: C-I-L-I-C-I-A-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 16 million words; the 119,826th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is Cilician?
Cilician appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Cilician?
- UK /sɪˈlɪsɪən/
- UK /sɪˈlɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Cilician.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Cilician?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Cilician from its last stressed vowel (/ɪsɪən/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of Cilician
- Cilicians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Cilician mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to or originating from Cilicia.
noun
- 1
A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Cilician in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to or originating from Cilicia:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | kilikisch |
| Portuguese | ciciliano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Cilician come from?
From Cilicia + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).