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Rouketopolemos

Rouketopolemos proper noun: a traditional Easter event in the town of Vrontados (Βροντάδος) on the Greek island of Chios, in which rival church congregations fire large numbers of home-made rockets across town, attempting to hit each other's bell towers.

Proper noun

Rouketopolemos

  1. A traditional Easter event in the town of Vrontados (Βροντάδος) on the Greek island of Chios, in which rival church congregations fire large numbers of home-made rockets across town, attempting to hit each other's bell towers.

Origin of Rouketopolemos

Greek Рουκετοπόλεμος (Рouketopólemos, literally “rocket war”)

Questions about Rouketopolemos

What does Rouketopolemos mean?
Rouketopolemos means a traditional Easter event in the town of Vrontados (Βροντάδος) on the Greek island of Chios, in which rival church congregations fire large numbers of home-made rockets across town, attempting to hit each other's bell towers.
What part of speech is Rouketopolemos?
Rouketopolemos is a proper noun.

Words near Rouketopolemos in the dictionary

  1. Rouillard
  2. Rouillards
  3. rouille
  4. rouilles
  5. roujiamo
  6. Rouketopolemos
  7. roukoop
  8. roul roul
  9. roul rouls
  10. roul-roul
  11. roul-rouls

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