Definition of "transliterations" [transliterations]

• Plural form of transliteration. (noun)

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• "In the present reprint the text of the original edition of this work has been reproduced without change, even the curious transliterations of the vernacular words and phrases having been preserved."
• "Including one-word transliterations of dialect spellings and cross references, the glossary has approximately 3,000 entries, about half of which are genuinely interesting."
• "I don't know why my parents chose two different transliterations for "Yong", but if they had not, Richard and I would be completely indistinguishable ( "Tsien RY") in bibliographical databases."