Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leopolis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leopo-lis
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Lviv, Lviv (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine).

name

A city in Paraná, Brazil.

Etymology

From Latin Leopolis, from Ancient Greek. Ultimately from From λέων (léōn, “lion”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), literally “Lion City”. * (Brazil): From Portuguese Leópolis

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Leopolis, -, Leópolis

Questions

What does leopolis mean?: Former name of Lviv, Lviv (a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine).
Where does leopolis come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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