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Eretria

UK/əˈɹiːtɹiə/

Eretria proper noun: a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC.

Proper noun

Eretria

  1. (historical) A town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC.

Origin of Eretria

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐρέτρῐᾰ (Erétrĭă, literally “city of the rowers”), from ἐρέτης (erétēs, “rower”) + -τρῐᾰ (-trĭă).

Questions about Eretria

What does Eretria mean?
Eretria means a town in Euboea, Greece, facing the coast of Attica across the narrow South Euboean Gulf. It was an important polis in the 6th/5th century BC.
What part of speech is Eretria?
Eretria is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Eretria?
Eretria is pronounced /əˈɹiːtɹiə/ (UK).

Words near Eretria in the dictionary

  1. erethitic
  2. erethizontid
  3. erethizontids
  4. erethizontoid
  5. erethizontoids
  6. Eretria
  7. Eretrian
  8. Eretrians
  9. Eretz Yisrael
  10. ereuthophobia
  11. ereuthrophobia

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