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Psorokóstaina

Psorokóstaina proper noun: an affectionate name used by Greeks of their homeland; it has intimations of poverty and affection.

Proper noun

Psorokóstaina

  1. An affectionate name used by Greeks of their homeland; it has intimations of poverty and affection.
    • But look how he [Venizelos] found Greece when he started. Do you remember what we used to call her Psorokóstaina - Mangy Betty! And look how he left her, one of the nations of the West with steady frontiers, double the size, friends with Turkey ...1958, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Mani, London: John Murray, page 208

Origin of Psorokóstaina

From Greek Ψωροκώσταινα (Psorokóstaina).

Questions about Psorokóstaina

What does Psorokóstaina mean?
Psorokóstaina means an affectionate name used by Greeks of their homeland; it has intimations of poverty and affection.
What part of speech is Psorokóstaina?
Psorokóstaina is a proper noun.

Words near Psorokóstaina in the dictionary

  1. psoriasis
  2. psoriatic
  3. psoriatics
  4. psoriatiform
  5. psoric
  6. Psorokóstaina
  7. psoromic acid
  8. psorophthalmia
  9. psorophthalmic
  10. psorophthalmy
  11. psoroptic

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