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ilium

/ˈɪli.əm//ˈɪlɪəm/

ilium noun: the upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.

Noun

ilium (plural ilia)

  1. The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
    • Holonyms: hip bone, os coxae < pelvis
  2. (obsolete) The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).

Proper noun capitalized: Ilium

Ilium

  1. Troy.

ilium meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

ilium in Tamil

இடுப்பு முன் எலும்பு, இடுப்பு எலும்பு, புடைதாங்கி

ilium in Tagalog

bone
buto ng balakang

Forms of ilium

pluralilia
alternative formilion

Plural of ilium: ilia

Origin of ilium

Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).

Borrowed from Latin Īlium, from Ancient Greek Ἴ̄λιον (Í̄lion). Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ílion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wílion). Compare Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), usually identified with Troy, and Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wólnus (“meadow, pasture”). Cognate with English wold. By surface analysis, Ili- + -um.

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Words that rhyme with ilium

Questions about ilium

What does ilium mean?
Ilium means the upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
What is ilium in Tamil?
Ilium in Tamil is இடுப்பு முன் எலும்பு, இடுப்பு எலும்பு, புடைதாங்கி. See Ilium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ilium?
Ilium can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ilium?
Ilium is pronounced /ˈɪlɪəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of ilium?
The plural of ilium is ilia.

Words near ilium in the dictionary

  1. Ilissos
  2. Ilissus
  3. Ilisus
  4. ilities
  5. ility
  6. ilium
  7. ilixanthin
  8. Ilizarov apparatus
  9. Ilizarov apparatuses
  10. ilk
  11. ilka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ilium (page history and authors); Ilium (page history and authors); ilium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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