How do you pronounce synoecism?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈniːsɪzəm/.

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synoecism

/sɪˈniːsɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sy-n-oe-cism
IPA: /sɪˈniːsɪzəm/

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noun

The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis.

Example Sentences

"They always remained separate states and were never synoikised."
"Legends...current before the villages were synoecised into Athens."
"When the town was first formed...by the synœcism of the neighboring villages."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνοικισμός (sunoikismós), from συνοικίζειν (sunoikízein, “to make live with, to unite under one city”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + οἰκίζειν (oikízein, “to colonise”).

Inflected Forms

synoecisms (plural) synœcism (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce synoecism?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈniːsɪzəm/.
What does synoecism mean?: The unification of towns, tribes etc. under one capital city or polis.
Where does synoecism come from?: From Ancient Greek συνοικισμός (sunoikismós), from συνοικίζειν (sunoikízein, “to make live with, to unite under one city”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + οἰκίζειν (oikízein, “to colonise”).

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