Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enneapylon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-neapy-lon
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A wall or fortress supposed to have been built by the Pelasgians, after levelling the summit of the rock on the Acropolis of Athens.

Etymology

Ancient Greek Εννεαπύλον (Enneapúlon, literally “nine-gated”)

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Εννεαπύλον

Inflected Forms

the Enneapylon (canonical)

Synonyms

Pelargikon

Questions

What does enneapylon mean?: A wall or fortress supposed to have been built by the Pelasgians, after levelling the summit of the rock on the Acropolis of Athens.
Where does enneapylon come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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