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xenelasia

Syllables: xen·e·las·iaUK/zɛniː.ləˈsiː.ə/US/zɛni.ləˈsi.ə/

xenelasia noun: synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”).

Noun

xenelasia (uncountable)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece) Synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”).
    Synonyms:
    xenelasy

Synonyms of xenelasia

Origin of xenelasia

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlăsĭ́ā, “expulsion of foreigners”); see further at xenelasy.

Questions about xenelasia

What does xenelasia mean?
Xenelasia means synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”).
What part of speech is xenelasia?
Xenelasia is a noun.
How do you pronounce xenelasia?
Xenelasia is pronounced /zɛniː.ləˈsiː.ə/ (UK).

Words near xenelasia in the dictionary

  1. xenates
  2. Xenaverse
  3. xenavidin
  4. xenazoic acid
  5. xenbucin
  6. xenelasia
  7. xenelasy
  8. xenematide
  9. xenematides
  10. xenharmonic
  11. xenharmonics

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