atropatian media
/ˌætɹəˈpeɪʃən ˈmiːdiə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "Atropatian Media borders upon Armenia and Matiane […]"
- "[…] Atropatian Media and Persis, which were more or less independent and so could be regarded as residual Median and Persian empires still existing under the Seleucids."
- "Between Armenia and Atropatian Media flowed the Araxes river or modern Araks."
- "[…] Atropatian Media, was called after the Achaemenid general Atropates […]"
Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek Ἀτροπάτιος Μηδία (Atropátios Mēdía). Atropatene was the smaller, northern portion of ancient Media following the latter’s partition by the Macedonians, the larger southern portion being known as Great Media.