persepolis
/pɚˈsɛpəlɪs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The ceremonial capital city of Achaemenid Persia; its ruins in the present day.
Example Sentences
- "In The Shah's Party, Templer narrows the lens to the extraordinary moment of the 1971 celebrations at Persepolis, where the shah staged a lavish commemoration of 2,500 years of Persian monarchy."
Etymology
From Latin Persepolis, from Ancient Greek Περσέπολις (Persépolis), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persis, Persia, a Persian, Persepolis”) although ancient Greek writers relate a folk etymology that derived the city, country, and people's name from Ancient Greek πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack, to kill”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Persepolis, Περσέπολις, 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿, πέρθω
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɚˈsɛpəlɪs/
- British English: /pəˈsɛpəlɪs/