Etymology

Taphos

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Today it means: In Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians. Full definition →

Ancient Greek Τάφος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromΤάφος
  2. English todayTaphos

From Ancient Greek Τάφος (Táphos).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΤάφος all →

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