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Corycus

Corycus proper noun: a mountain in Ionia, Greece.

Proper noun

Corycus

  1. A mountain in Ionia, Greece
  2. A mountain in Lydia, Turkey
  3. (historical) The name of various ancient towns and cities, including
    1. (historical) A town in Ionia, near the mountain of the same name

Origin of Corycus

Borrowed from Latin Corycus, from Ancient Greek Κώρυκος (Kṓrukos).

Questions about Corycus

What does Corycus mean?
Corycus means a mountain in Ionia, Greece.
What part of speech is Corycus?
Corycus is a proper noun.

Words near Corycus in the dictionary

  1. Corybas
  2. corycaeid
  3. corycaeids
  4. Corycia
  5. Corycian
  6. Corycus
  7. corydaldine
  8. corydalid
  9. corydalids
  10. corydalin
  11. corydaline

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