Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hierakonpolis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: hi-er-akon-po-lis
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city of ancient Egypt, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱεράκων πόλις (Hierákōn pólis, “city of hawks, city of falcons”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Ἱεράκων πόλις

Inflected Forms

Hieraconpolis (alternative)

Questions

What does hierakonpolis mean?: A city of ancient Egypt, the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at the end of Prehistoric Egypt (c. 3200–3100 BC) and probably also during the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3100–2686 BC).
Where does hierakonpolis come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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