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pantaleon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables
pan-ta-le-on
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A saint, a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD.

name

A Greek king of Bactria and India from the 2nd century BC.

noun

A very large dulcimer, invented around 1700.

Etymology

* From Ancient Greek Πανταλέων (Pantaléōn) used as a personal name, stemming from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and λέων (léōn, “lion”) (Klein). * As a Spanish surname, from Pantaleón. Compare Pantaleo. * The saint's name is of Ancient Greek origin, as described above or from παν- (pan-, “all, every”) and ἐλεήμων (eleḗmōn, “merciful, compassionate”) (Littré).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Πανταλέων, -

Inflected Forms

Pantaleons (plural)

Questions

What does pantaleon mean?
A surname.
Where does pantaleon come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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