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Word: Palindrome
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from Greek palindromos ‘running back again’, from palin ‘again’ + drom- (from dramein ‘to run’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpalɪndrəʊm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word, phrase, or sequence that reads the same backwards as forwards, e.g. madam or nurses run.
Short Definition:word, phrase, or sequence that reads same backwards as forwards
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