prior

prior to

Before. Prior to going back to school, he worked in a restaurant. Prior to moving away, I used to live in that neighborhood.

n. a prior arrest. (Underworld.) This guy has about fifteen priors.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Eun-Jung	uwn-jung	Korean
Neha	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali, Telugu
Maas	MAH:S	Dutch
Laia	LAH-yə	Catalan
Chelsie	CHEL-see	English (Modern)
Channah	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew