Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taphos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: taphos
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

In Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τάφος (Táphos).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Τάφος

Questions

What does taphos mean?: In Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians.
Where does taphos come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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