Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

greektown

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: greek-town
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A district of a city or town (in a country other than Greece) in which there is a large concentration of Greeks or people of Greek ancestry.

Etymology

From Greek + town.

Inflected Forms

Greektowns (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Chinatown

Questions

What does greektown mean?: A district of a city or town (in a country other than Greece) in which there is a large concentration of Greeks or people of Greek ancestry.
Where does greektown come from?: From Greek + town.

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