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hecatompylus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hecatompy-lus
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-i Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ἑκατόμπυλος

Questions

What does hecatompylus mean?
A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-i Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.
Where does hecatompylus come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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