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ULTIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultima mean? 

ULTIMA (noun)
  The noun ULTIMA has 1 sense:

1. the last syllable in a wordplay

  Familiarity information: ULTIMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ULTIMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The last syllable in a word

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ultima" is a kind of...):

syllable (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme)


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