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naucratis

/ˈnɔːkɹətɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
nau-cratis
IPA
/ˈnɔːkɹətɪs/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Ancient Egypt, the only permanent Greek colony there.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).

Questions

How do you pronounce naucratis?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɔːkɹətɪs/.
What does naucratis mean?
A city in Ancient Egypt, the only permanent Greek colony there.
Where does naucratis come from?
From Ancient Greek Ναύκρατις (Naúkratis).

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