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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΘερμοπύλαι
- Latin · borrowed fromThermopylae
- English todayThermopylae
From Latin Thermopylae, from Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι (Thermopúlai).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thermopylae
Ther·mop·y·laeToday it means: A narrow pass on the east-central coast of Greece adjacent to the Maliakos Gulf, northwest of Athens. Its name is derived from its hot sulphur springs. It was the site of the Battle of Thermopylae, at which the Spartan King Leonidas stood off, for a time, the Persian armies of Xerxes. Full definition →
Latin Thermopylae ← Ancient Greek Θερμοπύλαι