deme
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “district”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diːm/
- Rhymes: -iːm
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Noun
deme (plural demes)
- A township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.
- 2009, Don Nardo, Ancient Greece (page 97)
- They increased the authority of the Assembly and divided Attica into numerous small wardlike districts, the demes.
- 2009, Don Nardo, Ancient Greece (page 97)
- (ecology) A distinct local population of plants or animals.
Translations
township of Attica
Derived terms
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
deme
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.me/, [ˈd̪eːmɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈde.me/, [ˈd̪ɛːme]
Etymology 1
See dēmō (“I remove, take away, or subtract”).
Verb
(deprecated template usage) dēme
Etymology 2
See dēmos (“a tract of land”, “[the common] people”).
Noun
(deprecated template usage) dēme m
Spanish
Pronunciation
Verb
deme
- Compound of the formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dar, dé and the pronoun me.
Turkish
Noun
deme (definite accusative demeyi, plural demeler)
- verbal noun of demek
Verb
deme
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