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ohrid

/ˈɒx.ɹɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
ohrid
IPA
/ˈɒx.ɹɪd/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in southwestern North Macedonia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Macedonian Охрид (Ohrid), from о- (o-) + хрид (hrid, “mount, hill, elevation”). It has been proposed by Katičić that the modern name is a modified version of the ancient Greek name, where the transition of "Lychnidus" to "Ohrid" presupposes a characteristic sound development from Albanian. Same development as Nish from Naissos, Shtip from Astibos and Sharr from Scardus, which may have thereby entered Slavic.

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Lake Ohrid

Questions

How do you pronounce ohrid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɒx.ɹɪd/.
What does ohrid mean?
A city in southwestern North Macedonia.
Where does ohrid come from?
Borrowed from Macedonian Охрид (Ohrid), from о- (o-) + хрид (hrid, “mount, hill, elevation”). It has been proposed by Katičić that the modern name is a modified version of the ancient Greek name, where the transition of "Lychnidus" to "Ohrid" presupposes a characteristic sound development from Albanian. Same development as Nish from Naissos, Shtip from Astibos and Sharr from Scardus, which may have thereby entered Slavic.

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