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leontini

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
leon-ti-ni
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient city in Sicily, now Lentini

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Leontīnī, from Ancient Greek Λεοντῖνοι (Leontînoi).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Λεοντῖνοι

Frequently Paired Words

Leontine

Questions

What does leontini mean?
An ancient city in Sicily, now Lentini
Where does leontini come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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