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Œnoë

Œnoë proper noun: a city in Greece.

Proper noun

Œnoë

  1. A city in Greece.
    • Ægeus became alarmed at his success, especially as he had contracted a friendship with the Pallantidæ, who were his rivals, and he therefore caused Androgeus to be murdered at Œnoë, in Attica, as he was on his way to a sacred festival at Thebes.1873, Thomas Henry Dyer, chapter II, in Ancient Athens: its history, topography, and remains, William Clowes and Sons, page 58

Forms of Œnoë

alternative formŒnoe
alternative formOenoë

Origin of Œnoë

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Οἰνόη (Oinóē).

Questions about Œnoë

What does Œnoë mean?
Œnoë means a city in Greece.
What part of speech is Œnoë?
Œnoë is a proper noun.

Words near Œnoë in the dictionary

  1. œnophiles
  2. œnophorum
  3. Œnophyta
  4. Œnotria
  5. Œnotrus
  6. Œnoë
  7. œsophagal
  8. œsophageal
  9. œsophagean
  10. œsophagi
  11. œsophagic

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