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sporades

sporades noun: stars not included in any constellation.

Noun

sporades pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, obsolete, plural, plural-only) Stars not included in any constellation.

Proper noun capitalized: Sporades

the Sporades

  1. An archipelago of the Aegean Sea.

Origin of sporades

From Ancient Greek ἀστέρες σποράδες (astéres sporádes "scattered stars").

From Ancient Greek Σποράδες (Sporádes), from σποράς (sporás, “scattered”).

Questions about sporades

What does sporades mean?
Sporades means stars not included in any constellation.
What part of speech is sporades?
Sporades can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near sporades in the dictionary

  1. spoos
  2. Spor
  3. spor-
  4. sporabola
  5. sporabolas
  6. sporades
  7. sporadial
  8. sporadic
  9. sporadic E
  10. sporadic group
  11. sporadic groups

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