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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From περιέχω (periékhō) + -ή (-ḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe.ri.o.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /pe.ri.oˈçi/ → /pe.ri.oˈçi/
Noun
περῐοχή • (periokhḗ) f (genitive περῐοχῆς); first declension (Koine)
- compass, circumference
- (Koine, in general) compass, extent
- content of a definition
- summary, periochae
- portion circumscribed or marked off, section of a book
- (botany) pod, husk, shell
- fence, fortification
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “περιοχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “περιοχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- περιοχή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- περιοχή - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek περιοχή (periokhḗ).
Pronunciation
Noun
περιοχή • (periochí) f (plural περιοχές)
- (geography) region, district, area
- domain
Declension
Further reading
- περιοχή - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.