Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thalassocracy

/ˌθæləˈsɑkɹəsi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tha-las-soc-ra-cy
IPA: /ˌθæləˈsɑkɹəsi/

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Maritime supremacy.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θαλασσοκρατία (thalassokratía, “empire of the sea”), from θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “government, rule”). By surface analysis, thalasso- + -cracy.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: θαλασσοκρατία

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌθæləˈsɑkɹəsi/
British English: /ˌθæləˈsɒkɹəsi/

Usage

Inflected Forms

thalassocracies (plural) thalattocracy (alternative, rare)

Frequently Paired Words

thalassocrat thalassocratic tellurocracy

Synonyms

maritime empire

Rhymes With

democracy bureaucracy aristocracy autocracy idiocracy corporatocracy mediocracy adhocracy demonocracy pornocracy ecclesiocracy corpocracy

Questions

How do you pronounce thalassocracy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌθæləˈsɑkɹəsi/.
What does thalassocracy mean?: A state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas.
Where does thalassocracy come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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