English Explanatory Dictionary

Taenarum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A town of southern ancient Greece near present-day Tainaron.
  2. Cape Matapan, the southern tip of the Mani Peninsula, Peloponnesus, where the town was located.

Word forms

Taenarum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ταίναρον (Taínaron) (the Temple of Poseidon, around which the town was built), from Ταίναρος (Taínaros) (name of the temple's legendary founder).

Synonyms

Tainaron Tainaros Taenarus Tenarum Tenarus Cape Taenarum Cape Tainaron Cape Tenaro

Related words

Tainarian Taenaran Tainarian evil Taenaran gateway
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