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hydruntum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drun-tum
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Otranto: a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.

Etymology

From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Doublet of Otranto and hydrous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Hydruntum, Ὑδροῦς

Questions

What does hydruntum mean?
Former name of Otranto: a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.
Where does hydruntum come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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