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Taphos

Taphos proper noun: in Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians.

Proper noun

Taphos

  1. In Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians.

Origin of Taphos

From Ancient Greek Τάφος (Táphos).

Questions about Taphos

What does Taphos mean?
Taphos means in Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians.
What part of speech is Taphos?
Taphos is a proper noun.

Words near Taphos in the dictionary

  1. taphophilic
  2. taphophobe
  3. taphophobes
  4. taphophobia
  5. taphophobic
  6. Taphos
  7. taphotaxa
  8. taphotaxon
  9. taphotype
  10. taphotypes
  11. taphouse

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