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American  
[sahy-kluh-pee-dee-uh] / ˌsaɪ kləˈpi di ə /
Sometimes cyclopaedia

noun

  1. an encyclopedia.


cyclopedia British  
/ ˌsaɪkləʊˈpiːdɪə /

noun

  1. a less common word for encyclopedia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of cyclopedia

First recorded in 1630–40; by shortening

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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia had also suffered moisture damage to its leather bindings.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2020

According to the book “Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History,” Shields had a population of 48 and several businesses - general stores, the post office and telegraph and express offices.

From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2016

It lost its post office in 1907 and, according to “Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History” published in 1912, the hamlet had a population of 45 in 1910.

From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2014

Twenty three years ago I left my just-purchased copy of the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia in math class.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2014

George Ripley, who was the leader at Brook Farm and, long afterward, was associated with Charles A. Dana in the preparation of the American Cyclopedia, was at one time my school-teacher on Waltham Plains.

From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis

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