Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elefsina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: elef-si-na
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A suburban city and municipality in the West Attica regional unit regional unit of Greece, site of the Eleusinian Mysteries.

Example Sentences

"The city of Elefsina is located around 20 km outside Athens, in the western part of Attica, and it has approximately 30,000 inhabitants."

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Ελευσίνα (Elefsína).

Inflected Forms

Eleusis (alternative)

Questions

What does elefsina mean?: A suburban city and municipality in the West Attica regional unit regional unit of Greece, site of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Where does elefsina come from?: Borrowed from Greek Ελευσίνα (Elefsína).

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