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heraklion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables
her-ak-lion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital of the regional unit of Heraklion and of the region of Crete, Greece.

name

A regional unit in central Crete, Greece.

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek Ηράκλειο (Irákleio).

Inflected Forms

Herakleion (alternative) Iraklion (alternative) Iráklion (alternative)

Questions

What does heraklion mean?
The capital of the regional unit of Heraklion and of the region of Crete, Greece.
Where does heraklion come from?
Borrowed from Greek Ηράκλειο (Irákleio).

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