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catachrysea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cat-achry-sea
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Dahab (a town in South Sinai governorate, Egypt)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Catachrysea, from Koine Greek Καταχρύσεα (Katakhrúsea), a calque of Biblical Hebrew דִ֥י זָהָֽב (dî zāhāḇ).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Καταχρύσεα, דִ֥י זָהָֽב

Questions

What does catachrysea mean?
Dahab (a town in South Sinai governorate, Egypt)
Where does catachrysea come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin Catachrysea, from Koine Greek Καταχρύσεα (Katakhrúsea), a calque of Biblical Hebrew דִ֥י זָהָֽב (dî zāhāḇ).

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