name
Meaning 1
A city in Egypt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Meronym: Paradeisos of Pammenes
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
oxyrhynchus
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌɒksɪˈɹɪŋkəs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɑksiˈɹɪŋkəs/
noun
Meaning 2
a fish with a pointed snout
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
Meaning 3
Mormyrus kannume
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, ichthyology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos).
From New Latin oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos, “a kind of Egyptian fish”) (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos), from ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s, “sharp”) + ῥῠ́γχος (rhŭ́nkhos, “snout”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: اَلْبَهْنَسَا (al-bahnasā) — the city
- Catalan: Oxirrinc — the city
- Chinese: 俄克喜林庫斯 /俄克喜林库斯 — the city
- Coptic: ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ (pemje) — the city
- French: Oxyrhynque — the city
- Greek: Οξύρρυγχος (Oxýrrynchos) — the city
- Ancient Greek: Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxŭ́rrhŭnkhos) — the city
- Hindi: ऑक्सिरिंकस (ŏksiriṅkas) — the city
- Japanese: オクシリンコス (Okushirinkosu) — the city
- Latin: Oxyrhynchus — the city
- Polish: Oksyrynchos — the city
- Portuguese: Oxirrinco — the city
- Russian: Оксири́нх (Oksirínx) — the city
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