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κυριαρχία

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek κυριαρχία (kuriarkhía).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ci.ɾi.aɾˈçi.a/
  • Hyphenation: κυ‧ρι‧αρ‧χί‧α

Noun

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κυριαρχία • (kyriarchía) f

  1. domination, dominion, rule (the exercise of power in ruling)
  2. sovereignty (of a nation or other polity: the state of being able to govern itself without the coercion or concurrence of other polities)
  3. dominance, predominance, preponderance, supremacy (being in a position of power, authority or ascendancy over others)

Declension

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singular plural
nominative κυριαρχία (kyriarchía) κυριαρχίες (kyriarchíes)
genitive κυριαρχίας (kyriarchías) κυριαρχιών (kyriarchión)
accusative κυριαρχία (kyriarchía) κυριαρχίες (kyriarchíes)
vocative κυριαρχία (kyriarchía) κυριαρχίες (kyriarchíes)
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References

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  1. ^ κυριαρχία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

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