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heliopolis

/ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables
he-liopo-lis
IPA
/ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt.

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An ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Baalbek.

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A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.

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A suburb of Athens, Greece.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Hēliopolis, Ἡλίου πόλις

Synonyms

Iunu Iwnw On Awen Heliopolis in Augustamnica Heliopolis Syriaca Heliopolis in Syra Heliopolis in Coelosyria Heliopolis in Phoenicia

Rhymes With

metropolis acropolis papadopoulos necropolis stephanopoulos megalopolis

Questions

How do you pronounce heliopolis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/.
What does heliopolis mean?
The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt.
Where does heliopolis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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