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nenikikamen

nenikikamen interjection: we have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).

Interjection

  1. We have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).
    • Nenikikamen — title of choral work.1971, Antoniou, Theodore (Greek composer, b 1935)
    • As he reached the city he gasped out Nenikikamen! and fell dead.1967, Ilka Chase, Fresh from the Laundry

Forms of nenikikamen

alternative formnenikekamen

Origin of nenikikamen

Transliteration of Ancient Greek νενικήκαμεν (nenikḗkamen, “we are victorious”).

Questions about nenikikamen

What does nenikikamen mean?
Nenikikamen means we have won (the cry of Pheidippides after reaching Athens from Marathon).
What part of speech is nenikikamen?
Nenikikamen is an interjection.

Words near nenikikamen in the dictionary

  1. NEngE
  2. Nengone
  3. nenia
  4. nenias
  5. nenikekamen
  6. nenikikamen
  7. Nenninger
  8. Nenningers
  9. Nens
  10. Nenshi
  11. Nenthead

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