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taxila

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.76 in modern English

Syllables
tax-i-la
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan.

name

A modern town and archaeological site at that location.

name

A tehsil (sub-division), headquartered in the town, of the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province, Pakistan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Taxila, from Ancient Greek Τάξιλα (Táxila), from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā). Compound of तक्ष (takṣa, “Taksha, a son of Bharata in the Ramayana, said to have established the city.”) + शिला (śilā, “stone”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Τάξιλα, तक्षशिला

Questions

What does taxila mean?
An ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan.
Where does taxila come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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