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nicopolis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
nicopo-lis
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Preveza: a city in northwestern Greece; the former capital of Epirus Vetus, in the Roman Empire.

name

Former name of Emmaus: a former city in the West Bank, Palestine.

Etymology

From Latin Nīcopolis, from Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”) in honor of the Battle of Actium.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Nīcopolis, Νικόπολις

Derived Forms

Nicopolitan

Questions

What does nicopolis mean?
Former name of Preveza: a city in northwestern Greece; the former capital of Epirus Vetus, in the Roman Empire.
Where does nicopolis come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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