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peraia

peraia noun: a place on the other side, usually a territory across the sea from a city or an island, generally a dependency of an ancient Greek city.

Noun (1)

peraia

  1. A place on the other side, usually a territory across the sea from a city or an island, generally a dependency of an ancient Greek city.

Noun (2) capitalized: Peraia

Peraia

  1. Alternative letter-case form of peraia.

Origin of peraia

Derived from Ancient Greek περαία (peraía), Greek Περαία (Peraía), Latin Peraea, often capitalized and treated like a proper name (compare e.g. the City).

Questions about peraia

What does peraia mean?
Peraia means a place on the other side, usually a territory across the sea from a city or an island, generally a dependency of an ancient Greek city.
What part of speech is peraia?
Peraia is a noun.

Words near peraia in the dictionary

  1. perahera
  2. peraheras
  3. perahu
  4. perahus
  5. perai
  6. peraia
  7. Peraino
  8. Perainos
  9. perais
  10. Perak
  11. perakim

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