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empúries

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-puries
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast in Catalonia, founded 575 BCE.

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan Empúries, from Ancient Greek Ἐμπόριαι (Empóriai).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Empúries, Ἐμπόριαι

Inflected Forms

Ampurias (alternative)

Questions

What does empúries mean?
An ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast in Catalonia, founded 575 BCE.
Where does empúries come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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