Stratum (noun)
Strah-tum/ strey-tum
one of a number of portions or divisions likened to layers or levels.(plural strata)
First recorded 1590–1600 and comes from the Latin word strātum, which means literally “a cover.”
Example sentences
“The geologists cut through the stratum of flint”
Hajji (noun) hadj-ee A muslim who has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or…
