Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

myriarchy

/ˈmɪɹiˌɑɹki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: myr-i-archy
IPA: /ˈmɪɹiˌɑɹki/

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A government of 10,000 people.

Obsolete

noun

A regiment of 10,000 soldiers, especially (historical) a Mongolian toman.

noun

An area controlled by a Mongolian myriarch and theoretically comprising 10,000 households.

Etymology

From myriarch + -y, after the pattern of heptarchy etc.; see myriarch for more. As a military unit, Calque of Mongolian түмэн (tümen).

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

myriarchies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

myriarch government

Synonyms

government toman

Questions

How do you pronounce myriarchy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪɹiˌɑɹki/.
What does myriarchy mean?: A government of 10,000 people.
Where does myriarchy come from?: From myriarch + -y, after the pattern of heptarchy etc.; see myriarch for more. As a military unit, Calque of Mongolian түмэн (tümen).

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