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bithynia

/bɪˈθɪni.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
bithy-nia
IPA
/bɪˈθɪni.ə/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.

Etymology

From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūnĭ́ā).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Bīthȳnia, Βιθυνία

Derived Forms

Bithynian

Questions

How do you pronounce bithynia?
The recorded pronunciation is /bɪˈθɪni.ə/.
What does bithynia mean?
A geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.
Where does bithynia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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