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Symplegades

Symplegades proper noun: a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel passed through.

Proper noun

the Symplegades pl (plural only)

  1. (Greek, plural, plural-only) A pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel passed through.

Origin of Symplegades

Borrowed from Latin Symplēgades, from Ancient Greek Συμπληγάδες (Sumplēgádes).

Questions about Symplegades

What does Symplegades mean?
Symplegades means a pair of rocks at the Bosphorus that clashed together whenever a vessel passed through.
What part of speech is Symplegades?
Symplegades is a proper noun.

Words near Symplegades in the dictionary

  1. symplectizations
  2. symplectomorphic
  3. symplectomorphically
  4. symplectomorphism
  5. symplectomorphisms
  6. Symplegades
  7. symplektite
  8. symplesiomorphic
  9. symplesiomorphically
  10. symplesiomorphies
  11. symplesiomorphy

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