Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pergamene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pergamene
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from or relating to Pergamum.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Pergamum.

Example Sentences

"There is still, however, a Community of Pergamon. Members of it are now visiting Athens. In 1922 Greece and Turkey made an exchange of populations and the Pergamenes were scattered."
"Founded about 1000 bc by Aeolian Greeks, the city [Assos] was successively ruled by Lydians, Persians, Pergamenes, Romans, and Byzantines, until Sultan Orhan Gazi (1288–1360) took it over for the Ottomans in 1330."
"Since Antiochus was diminished and the Pergamenes were allies of Rome, Hannibal went much farther east and visited distant Armenia, where Rome’s sway was barely recognized."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Pergamēnus or its etymon Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós). By surface analysis, Pergam(um) + ene.

Inflected Forms

Pergamenes (plural)

Synonyms

Pergamean Pergamenian

Questions

What does pergamene mean?: Of, from or relating to Pergamum.
Where does pergamene come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin Pergamēnus or its etymon Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós). By surface analysis, Pergam(um) + ene.

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