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topia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
top-ia
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.

noun

The lived physical place, in opposition to the ideal of a utopia.

Etymology

From Latin topia, from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: topia, τόπια, τόπος

Inflected Forms

topias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

topiary utopia heterotopia

Questions

What does topia mean?
A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.
Where does topia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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