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Hypatia

/haɪˈpeɪ.ʃə/

Hypatia proper noun: a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].

Proper noun

Hypatia

  1. A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].
  2. (historical) Hypatia of Alexandria (born c. AD 350–370; died 415), an Ancient Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher, and head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria.

Origin of Hypatia

From Latin Hypatia, from Ancient Greek Ὑπατία (Hupatía), from ὕπατος (húpatos, “highest, best”).

Words formed from Hypatia

Words that rhyme with Hypatia

Questions about Hypatia

What does Hypatia mean?
Hypatia means a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek].
What part of speech is Hypatia?
Hypatia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hypatia?
Hypatia is pronounced /haɪˈpeɪ.ʃə/.

Words near Hypatia in the dictionary

  1. Hypasis
  2. hypaspist
  3. hypaspistai
  4. hypaspists
  5. hypate
  6. Hypatia
  7. Hypatian
  8. hypatocyte
  9. hypatos
  10. hypatoses
  11. hypaxial

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