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Zetis.

A town mentioned by Pliny in Carmania, modern Iran, perhaps present-day Hormuz or Faryab, earlier Gulashkird

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

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name[ˈzɛ.tɪs]Classical-Latin
  1. A town mentioned by Pliny in Carmania, modern Iran, perhaps present-day Hormuz or Faryab, earlier Gulashkird

    declension-3 · feminine · singular
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. W. W. Tarn suggested that the term is a nickname originating as syncope of Ancient Greek ζήτησις (zḗtēsis, “search”), perhaps referring to the expedition of Nearchus.

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