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melitene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
melitene
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Malatya: a city in Turkey.

Etymology

From Latin Melitēnē, from Ancient Greek Μελιτηνή (Melitēnḗ). Doublet of Malatya.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Melitēnē, Μελιτηνή

Derived Forms

Melitenian

Questions

What does melitene mean?
Former name of Malatya: a city in Turkey.
Where does melitene come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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