Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pasargadae

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: pasar-gadae
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient city of Persia, a capital of the Achaemenid Empire.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pasargadae, from Ancient Greek Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai), ultimately from Old Persian *Pāθragadā. Doublet of Pasargad.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Πασαργάδαι, *Pāθragadā

Questions

What does pasargadae mean?: An ancient city of Persia, a capital of the Achaemenid Empire.
Where does pasargadae come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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