ephesos
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Ephesus.
Example Sentences
- "Under the rule of Rome the grandeur of Pergamon continued for a time, but in the reign of Constantine, Ephesos became the metropolis of Asia Minor, and the power of Pergamon waned as swiftly as it had risen."
- "Had he lived to attend the Third Oecumenical Council held in Ephesos in 431, he would have experienced the deep divisions then prevalent in the East."
- "The cemetery was initially uncovered in 1933, in the Roman city of Ephesos, now in modern-day Turkey. At the time, Ephesos was the capital of the Roman province of Asia and had over 200,000 inhabitants."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἔφεσος (Éphesos).