subterranean
pronunciation
How to pronounce subterranean in British English:
UK [ˌsʌbtəˈreɪniən]
How to pronounce subterranean in American English:
US [ˌsʌbtəˈreɪniən]
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- Adjective:
- being or operating under the surface of the earth
- lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
Word Origin
- subterranean (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin subterraneus "underground," from sub "under" (see sub-) + terra "earth, the ground" (see terrain) + -an.
Example
- 1. Puerto princesa subterranean river national park the philippines
- 2. In the meantime , engineers are experimenting with all kinds reimagined nuclear plant paradigms , from floating nuclear power stations that are immune to seismic calamity to subterranean systems that are already safely buried deep beneath the ground .
- 3. Get down with religious pilgrims and subterranean mummified saints at kiev 's caves monastery .
- 4. But more worrying than these official numbers are the inflationary pressures springing from a subterranean world of informal finance .
- 5. For decades , the tunnels of the solotvyno salt mine in ukraine have hosted subterranean convalescents .