pomeria
/poʊˈmɛ.ɹi.ə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Nay Sidonius Apollinaris aſſures us farther, that the Place where St. Peter was buried, tho' there was then a Church built over it, was ſtill in his Time, An. 470. without the Pomœria, or Space before the Walls of Rome. For ſpeaking of his Journey to Rome, he ſays, before ever he came at the Pomœria of the City, he went and ſaluted the Church of the Apoſtles, which ſtood in the Via Triumphalis."
Etymology
pomerium + -a.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /poʊˈmɛ.ɹi.ə/
- British English: /pəʊ̆ˈmɪə.ɹɪ.ə/