How do you pronounce eretria?

The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɹiːtɹiə/.

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eretria

/əˈɹiːtɹiə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-t-der. Ancient Greek ἐρέτης (erétēs) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂der. Ancient Greek -τρῐᾰ (-trĭă) Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă)bor. English Eretria Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă, literally “city of the rowers”), from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”) + -τρῐᾰ (-trĭă).

Eretrian

How do you pronounce eretria?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈɹiːtɹiə/.
What does eretria mean?: A town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC.
Where does eretria come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁-t-der. Ancient Greek ἐρέτης (erétēs) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *-trih₂der. Ancient Greek -τρῐᾰ (-trĭă) Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă)bor. English Eretria Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă, literally “city of the rowers”), from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”) + -τρῐᾰ (-trĭă).

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