Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

axis mundi

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: ax-is -mun-di
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The axis of Earth between the celestial poles, important in ancient geocentric coordinate systems.

Etymology

From Latin axis mundi.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: axis mundi

Questions

What does axis mundi mean?: The axis of Earth between the celestial poles, important in ancient geocentric coordinate systems.
Where does axis mundi come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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