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phanariote

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pha-nari-ote
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.

adj

Pertaining to these people or to the Phanar.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Greek Φαναριώτης (Fanariótis).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Φαναριώτης

Inflected Forms

Phanariotes (plural) Phanariot (alternative)

Questions

What does phanariote mean?
An inhabitant of Phanar, the historically Greek district of Constantinople; hence, a member of the Greek official class in the Ottoman Empire.
Where does phanariote come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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