thalassocracy
/ˌθæləˈsɒkɹəsi//ˌθæləˈsɑkɹəsi/
thalassocracy noun: a state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas.
Noun
thalassocracy (countable and uncountable, plural thalassocracies)
- A state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas.
- Synonyms:
- maritime empire
- Maritime supremacy.
thalassocracy meaning in Malayalam and Arabic
thalassocracy in Malayalam
- കടൽക്കോയ്മ
thalassocracy in Arabic
- a state whose power derives from naval supremacy
- ثالاسُوْقْراطِيّةٌ
Synonyms of thalassocracy
Forms of thalassocracy
| plural | thalassocracies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | thalattocracy |
Origin of thalassocracy
From Ancient Greek θαλασσοκρατία (thalassokratía, “empire of the sea”), from θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “government, rule”). By surface analysis, thalasso- + -cracy.
Words that rhyme with thalassocracy
- democracy
- bureaucracy
- aristocracy
- autocracy
- corpocracy
- critocracy
- czarocracy
- demonocracy
- dollarocracy
- hierocracy
- idiocracy
- pornocracy
38 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- adhocracy
- albocracy
- algocracy
- Americanocracy
- androcracy
- argentocracy
- arithmocracy
- atheocracy
- athletocracy
- blobocracy
- boobocracy
- chirocracy
- chrysocracy
- clericocracy
- clerocracy
- corporatocracy
- corruptocracy
- cosmocracy
- cottonocracy
- cryptocracy
- cyberocracy
- demagocracy
- despotocracy
- ecclesiocracy
- ecocracy
- economocracy
- elitocracy
- ephebocracy
- familiocracy
- foolocracy
- geniocracy
- ideocracy
- idiocrasy
- infantocracy
- kludgeocracy
- mediocracy
- merocracy
- xerocracy
Questions about thalassocracy
- What does thalassocracy mean?
- Thalassocracy means a state whose power derives from its naval or commercial supremacy on the seas.
- What is thalassocracy in Malayalam?
- Thalassocracy in Malayalam is കടൽക്കോയ്മ. See Thalassocracy meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is thalassocracy?
- Thalassocracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce thalassocracy?
- Thalassocracy is pronounced /ˌθæləˈsɒkɹəsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of thalassocracy?
- The plural of thalassocracy is thalassocracies.
Words near thalassocracy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thalassocracy (page history and authors); thalassocracy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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