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transliterate verb (transliterated, transliterating) to replace (the characters of a word, name, text, etc) with the nearest equivalent characters of another alphabet. transliteration noun 1 the process of transliterating. 2 a letter or word that has been transliterated. transliterator noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from Latin litera letter.
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