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palindrometerminology

I'm thinking of getting a SONOS sound system and have realised that it's an example of a special class of word. It's a palindrome, it's a rotational ambigram and it is also a word that is the same upside down.

Any palindrome that uses, exclusively, H I N O S X Z (also some versions of lower case f and l) will share this characteristic .

Is there a special name for this ?

Best Answer

Perhaps "palindromic rotational ambigram"? I just stuck "palindromic" on the front of "rotational ambigram".

I don't think there's a term with fewer than three words to describe what you want.

(I'm not sure the distinction from "rotational ambigram" is necessary, as most rotational ambigrams seem to be palindromic--I'm guessing designing those is just easier--but it's your language. More concise is okay, and more words are okay.)