How to pronounce median
American English pronunciation
MEE-dee-un
- IPA
- /ˈmidi.ən/
- Syllables
- MEE · dee · un (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What median means
Most people know median in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
The strip of land between the two sides of a highway
In a sentence: Yellow flowers grew on the grassy median that split the busy highway in two.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin medianus, meaning in the middle, from medius, middle. The road sense is American and dates from the 1900s.
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