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lakaina

lakaina noun: an Ancient Greek pottery drinking vessel: a high two-part cup with a rim and two handles.

Noun

lakaina (plural lakainai)

  1. An Ancient Greek pottery drinking vessel: a high two-part cup with a rim and two handles.

Forms of lakaina

plurallakainai

Origin of lakaina

From Ancient Greek λᾴκαινα (lāíkaina), believed to stem from the shape's origin in Laconia.

Questions about lakaina

What does lakaina mean?
Lakaina means an Ancient Greek pottery drinking vessel: a high two-part cup with a rim and two handles.
What part of speech is lakaina?
Lakaina is a noun.
What is the plural of lakaina?
The plural of lakaina is lakainai.

Words near lakaina in the dictionary

  1. Lajoies
  2. lajollamycin
  3. lak
  4. Lak'ota
  5. laka wood
  6. lakaina
  7. lakainai
  8. Lakandula
  9. lakao
  10. lakarpite
  11. lakatoi

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