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dura-europos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
du-ra-eu-ro-pos
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman border city on the bank of the Euphrates in present-day Syria.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δοῦρα Εὐρωπός (Doûra Eurōpós).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Δοῦρα Εὐρωπός

Inflected Forms

Dura Europos (alternative) Dura-Europus (alternative) Dura Europus (alternative)

Synonyms

Dura

Questions

What does dura-europos mean?
An ancient Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman border city on the bank of the Euphrates in present-day Syria.
Where does dura-europos come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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