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samothrace

/ˈsæmoʊˌθreɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
samoth-race
IPA
/ˈsæmoʊˌθreɪs/
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island of Greece in the Aegean.

Etymology

From Latin Samothrācē, from Ancient Greek Σαμοθρᾴκη (Samothrāíkē, “Samian Thrace”), from Σᾰ́μος (Sắmos, “Samos”) + Θρᾴκη (Thrāíkē, “Thrace”), from the island's early Greek colonizers and the general ancient territory in which it lay.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Samothrācē, Σαμοθρᾴκη

Inflected Forms

Samothraki (alternative)

Derived Forms

Samothracian

Questions

How do you pronounce samothrace?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsæmoʊˌθreɪs/.
What does samothrace mean?
An island of Greece in the Aegean.
Where does samothrace come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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