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STAGIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Stagirus mean? 

STAGIRUS (noun)
  The noun STAGIRUS has 1 sense:

1. an ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was bornplay

  Familiarity information: STAGIRUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAGIRUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient town of Greece where Aristotle was born

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Stagira; Stagirus

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Stagirus" is a part of...):

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)


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