Etymology

Rouketopolemos

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Today it means: A traditional Easter event in the town of Vrontados (Βροντάδος) on the Greek island of Chios, in which rival church congregations fire large numbers of home-made rockets across town, attempting to hit each other's bell towers. Full definition →

Greek Рουκετοπόλεμος
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  1. Greek · borrowed fromРουκετοπόλεμος
  2. English todayRouketopolemos

Greek Рουκετοπόλεμος (Рouketopólemos, literally “rocket war”)

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