Etymology

Hesperia

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Today it means: Literally "western land", a term poetically applied by Ancient Greeks to Italy and by Romans to the Iberian Peninsula and Western Africa. Full definition →

Latin Hesperia ← Ancient Greek Ἑσπερία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἙσπερία
  2. Latin · derived fromHesperia
  3. English todayHesperia

From Latin Hesperia, from Ancient Greek Ἑσπερία (Hespería).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekἙσπερία all →

hesperium

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.