demetrius
/dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Example Sentences
- "Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the trueth it ſelfe: yea, and we alſo beare record, and ye know that our record is true."
- "The easy names were the ones she forgot. But this one wasn't easy and it was like the swaggering name of some football player from Alabama and that's how she remembered it, Demetrius, badly burned in the other tower, the south tower."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Δημήτριος
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /dəˈmiː.tɹi.əs/