kalamatianos
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Greek folk dance from the Peloponnese.
Example Sentences
- "Her relative stood dumbfounded, cried out incredulously, wheeled about with his clenched fists raised in the air, performed three steps of a kalamatianos for sheer joy, and then rocked her in his arms exclaiming ‘Efkharisto, efkharisto,’ over and over again."
Etymology
From Greek καλαματιανός (kalamatianós).
Origin
- Source language: Greek
Word Breakdown
- Root: καλαματιανός