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altejo

altejo/alˈte.jo/

altejo is an Esperanto noun meaning “elevated area or location, height”.

Meaning

  1. elevated area or location, height

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Related meanings: highland

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Pronunciation

IPA
/alˈte.jo/
Syllables
al·TE·jo

Word structure

  1. altrootalto
  2. ejsuffixplace
  3. oendingnoun

Forms

singularplural
subjectaltejoaltejoj
object (-n)altejonaltejojn

Example sentences

  • Maria timas altejojn.Mary is afraid of heights. #13493250altejojn → altejo: elevated area or location, height
  • La plej bona ŝanco de Lanjo por esti vidata, estas trovi altejon.Layla's best chance of being seen is to find high ground. #6112705
  • Edwin Grobe (translator), “Rip Van Winkle” in Tri Noveloj by Washington Irving,… crows, … secure in their elevation, seemed to look down and scoff at the poor man’s perplexities.

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