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Ancient Greek
Etymology
χῶρος (khôros) or χώρᾱ (khṓrā, “place”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰɔː.rí.on/ → /xoˈri.on/ → /xoˈri.on/
Noun
χωρῐ́ον • (khōríon) n (genitive χωρῐ́ου); second declension (Attic, Ionic)
- place, spot, site
- plot of land
- landed estate
- space, room
- (geometry) area (in a figure)
Declension
Further reading
- “χωρίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χωρίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers