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Macassan in a sentence

Using Macassan

  • In the example corpus, macassan often appears in combinations such as: macassan trepangers.

Context around Macassan

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

marege 2×

Often after:

trepangers 4×

Sentence patterns with Macassan

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

to marege macassan trepangers in 2× macassan trepangers visited 1× of the macassan trepangers the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the voyage to 2× long long before 1× macassan trepangers visited 1×

Common sentence endings:

in northern australia 2× 1720 possibly earlier 1× of the humans 1×

Words around Macassan

Just before it in the word index:

macassa 2 macaskill 17 macasaet 2 macas 2 macartney 5 macarthur 254

Just after it in the word index:

macatangay 2 macau 412 macaulay 83 macauley 18 macauslan 2 macavity 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Macassan

  • In this selection, "macassan" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, marege and trepangers stand out and add context to how "macassan" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include to marege macassan trepangers in and macassan trepangers visited. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "macassan" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with macassan

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Voyage to Marege: Macassan Trepangers in Northern Australia. (9 words)

The Voyage to Marege': Macassan Trepangers in Northern Australia. (9 words)

Macassan trepangers visited Australia's northern coasts after 1720, possibly earlier. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Long, long before the arrival of the Macassan trepangers, the Dutch or the British, the landscape – north, south, east, west – resounded with stories that charted the sky and the topography, the beasts and fish and all of the humans. (39 words)

Macassan trepangers visited Australia's northern coasts after 1720, possibly earlier. (11 words)

The Voyage to Marege: Macassan Trepangers in Northern Australia. (9 words)

Example sentences (4)

Long, long before the arrival of the Macassan trepangers, the Dutch or the British, the landscape – north, south, east, west – resounded with stories that charted the sky and the topography, the beasts and fish and all of the humans.

Macassan trepangers visited Australia's northern coasts after 1720, possibly earlier.

The Voyage to Marege: Macassan Trepangers in Northern Australia.

The Voyage to Marege': Macassan Trepangers in Northern Australia.

Common combinations with macassan

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "macassan" in a sentence?
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