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scamander

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
sca-man-der
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.

name

A town in Break O'Day Council, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

verb

To wander about with no fixed purpose.

Archaic; Intransitive verb

Etymology

From Latin Scamander, from Ancient Greek Σκάμανδρος (Skámandros).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Scamander, Σκάμανδρος

Usage

Inflected Forms

scamanders (present, singular) scamandering (participle, present) scamandered (participle, past) scamandered (past)

Phrases

Upper Scamander

Synonyms

Karamenderes

Questions

What does scamander mean?
A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.
Where does scamander come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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