subterrane

subterrane
/sub"teuh rayn', sub'teuh rayn"/, n.
a cave or subterranean room.
Also, subterrain, subterrene /sub"teuh reen', sub'teuh reen"/.
[1605-15, in sense "subterranean"; 1765-75 for current sense; < L subterraneus subterranean, equiv. to sub- SUB- + terr(a) earth + -aneus composite adj. suffix, equiv. to -an(us) -AN + -eus -EOUS]

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