Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ctesiphon

/ˈtɛsɪfɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: cte-siphon
IPA: /ˈtɛsɪfɑn/

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.

Example Sentences

"These I assume were words so deeply meant / They cut themselves in stone for permanent / Like trouble in the brow above the eyes: / ‘Take Care to Sell Your Horse before He Dies / The Art of Life Is Passing Losses on.’ / The city saying it was Ctesiphon, / Which may a little while by war and trade / Have kept from being caught with the decayed, / Infirm, worn-out, and broken on its hands; […]"

Etymology

From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Ctēsiphōn, Κτησιφῶν

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtɛsɪfɑn/
British English: /ˈtɛsɪfɒn/

Derived Forms

Ctesiphonian

Questions

How do you pronounce ctesiphon?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛsɪfɑn/.
What does ctesiphon mean?: An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Where does ctesiphon come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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