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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱ (anaktoríā, “lordship”), from ἀνακτόρῐος (anaktórios, “belonging to a lord”), from ἀνάκτωρ (anáktōr, “lord”), from ἄναξ (ánax, “lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.nak.to.rí.aː/ → /a.nak.toˈri.a/ → /a.nak.toˈri.a/
Proper noun
Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱ • (Anaktoríā) f (genitive Ἀνακτορῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- a female given name, equivalent to English Anactoria
- (Greek mythology) name of daughter of Πηνέλεως (Pēnéleōs, “Peneleos”)
- unknown woman quoted by poetess Sappho
- (placename) Anactoria, original name of the region later known as Miletus
Inflection
- unrelated placename: Ἀνακτόριον n (Anaktórion, “name of city in mainland Greece, colony of the Corinthians”)
- the demonym: Ἀνακτόριος (Anaktórios) is related to Ἀνακτόριον
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