Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caspia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables: caspia
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The King your brother is now hard at hand, Meete with the foole, and rid your royall ſhoulders Of ſuch a burden, as outweighs the ſands And all the craggie rockes of Caſpea."
"Caſpii, the chief Inhabitants of Hyrcania or Caſpia, now Diargum in Perſia, who it is ſaid uſed to ſhut up and ſtarve their Parents when they were 70 years old, becauſe they reckoned them then to be no more uſeful to the Publick."
"Some think that those inhospitable nations are meant, Syro-media, Caspia, Hyrcania, Iberia, and others, into which many of the Jews were brought, who sought to live elsewhere than at Babylon; […]"

Etymology

From Latin Caspia.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Caspia

Usage

Obsolete

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Derived Forms

Transcaspia

Questions

What does caspia mean?: The region of Persia just south of the Caspian Sea; Hyrcania, Mazandaran.
Where does caspia come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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