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hypatia

/haɪˈpeɪ.ʃə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English

Syllables
hy-pa-tia
IPA
/haɪˈpeɪ.ʃə/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].

name

Hypatia of Alexandria (born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria.

Etymology

From Latin Hypatia, from Ancient Greek Ὑπατία (Hupatía), from ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Hypatia, Ὑπατία

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Derived Forms

Hypatian

Rhymes With

asia upper asia acacia geisha appalachia rosacea echinacea

Questions

How do you pronounce hypatia?
The recorded pronunciation is /haɪˈpeɪ.ʃə/.
What does hypatia mean?
A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].
Where does hypatia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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