marciano

/maɾˈθjano/ · B2 · adj

Martian

👽 marciano = Marte (Mars) + -iano (relating to), so 'of Mars'

Marte is Mars, the Roman war god's planet, and -iano is a suffix meaning 'belonging to'. Since Martians stand for strangeness, marciano also means odd or bizarre. The 'c' is said like 'th' in Spain: mar-THYA-no.

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