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calvaria¹

  • /kælˈvɛəɹi.ə/ UK
  • /kælˈvɛɹi.ə/ US

Rhymes with -ɛəɹi.ə

Where it comes from

From Latin calvāria (“skull”). Doublet of calvarium, calavera, and calvary.

noun calvariae · calvarias

  1. The dome or roof of the skull, the skullcap. CD105 Thy1- progenitor populations derived from regions of the fetal mandible or calvaria that do not undergo endochondral ossification formed only bone without marrow in our assay.

    Similar: calvarium

calvaria²

  • /kælˈvɛəɹi.ə/ UK
  • /kælˈvɛɹi.ə/ US

Rhymes with -ɛəɹi.ə

Where it comes from

By the standard Latin plural inflection -a for Latin nouns ending in -um (second declension). The word calvarium was a New Latin coinage from earlier Latin calvaria, and English naturalized it and its plural form intact via unadapted borrowing, as well as allowing a regularized English plural, calvariums; it also did the same thing with calvaria, calvariae, calvarias (first declension), as well.

noun

  1. plural plural of calvarium

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noun the dome or roof of the skull

DeutschSchädelkalotte, Schädeldecke, Schädeldach
Românăcalotă craniană

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"calvaria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/calvaria. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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calvaria. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/calvaria

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"calvaria." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/calvaria.

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@misc{calvaria_2026,
  title = {calvaria},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/calvaria},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}