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topia

topia noun: a kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.

Noun (1)

topia

  1. (historical) A kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.

Noun (2)

topia (plural topias)

  1. (postmodern philosophy) The lived physical place, in opposition to the ideal of a utopia.

Forms of topia

pluraltopias

Origin of topia

From Latin topia, from Ancient Greek τόπια (tópia), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).

From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place, region”) + -ία (-ía), by analogy with utopia. Compare also French topie.

Questions about topia

What does topia mean?
Topia means a kind of mural decoration common in Ancient Roman houses, usually featuring landscapes.
What part of speech is topia?
Topia is a noun.
What is the plural of topia?
The plural of topia is topias.

Words near topia in the dictionary

  1. tophin
  2. tophs
  3. tophus
  4. topi
  5. Topi Topi
  6. topia
  7. topiarian
  8. topiaried
  9. topiaries
  10. topiarist
  11. topiarists

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