(eyl-yuhn, ey-lee-uhn) (Adjective)
Meaning:
Belonging to a foreign country or nation; unfamiliar and disturbing or distasteful.
Usage:
1. The customs of the remote village were ______ to the travelers.
2. She felt completely ______ in the new school.
Read this story to remember this word:
Beyond the familiar shores of the known, there lay a land so alien, it was said the very air shimmered with the unknown. This land, untouched by time, was a canvas for the strange and the marvelous, where every stone told a story of worlds unseen, and every breeze whispered of possibilities untold. To the travelers who dared to venture into its embrace, the alien became the familiar, the unknown a friend. Their journey, a testament to the courage of embracing what lies beyond, teaches us that the alien is not to be feared but understood, a reminder that in the heart of the unfamiliar lies the essence of discovery, the birthplace of wonder.
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