Corinth

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English

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Corinth

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Corinthus, from Ancient Greek Κόρινθος (Kórinthos). Doublet of currant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒɹɪnθ/, /ˈkɔɹɪnθ/

• Audio (Canada):

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Proper noun

Corinth

1. A port city in Greece.
2. An isthmus in Greece near the city, connecting the Peloponnese to Europe.
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Bullock County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in Clay County, Alabama.
   3. An unincorporated community in Cullman County, Alabama.
   4. Two unincorporated communities in Randolph County, Alabama.
   5. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
   6. A ghost town in Winston County, Alabama.
   7. An unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas.
   8. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Arkansas.
   9. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Arkansas.
   10. A town in Yell County, Arkansas.
   11. An unincorporated community and former town in Coweta County and Heard County, Georgia.
   12. A ghost town in Sumter County, Georgia.
   13. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
   14. An unincorporated community in Williamson County, Illinois.
   15. A township in Humboldt County, Iowa.
   16. An unincorporated community in Osborne County, Kansas.
   17. A minor city mostly in Grant County, Kentucky.
   18. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Kentucky.
   19. An unincorporated community in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
   20. A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
   21. An unincorporated community in Gaines Township, Kent County, Michigan.
   22. A city, the county seat of Alcorn County, Mississippi.
   23. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Mississippi.
   24. An unincorporated community and ghost town in Big Horn County, Montana.
   25. A town and village therein, in Saratoga County, New York.
   26. An unincorporated community in Chatham County, North Carolina.
   27. An unincorporated community in Nash County, North Carolina.
   28. An unincorporated community in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
   29. An unincorporated community in Williams County, North Dakota.
   30. An unincorporated community in Trumbull County, Ohio.
   31. An unincorporated community in Oconee County, South Carolina.
   32. A ghost town in Saluda County, South Carolina.
   33. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee.
   34. An unincorporated community in Sumner County, Tennessee.
   35. A city in Denton County, Texas.
   36. A ghost town in Henderson County, Texas.
   37. An unincorporated community in Jones County, Texas.
   38. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Texas.
   39. An unincorporated community in Leon County, Texas.
   40. An unincorporated community in Marion County, Texas.
   41. An unincorporated community in Milam County, Texas.
   42. An unincorporated community in Montague County, Texas.
   43. An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
   44. A ghost town in Van Zandt County, Texas.
   45. A town in Orange County, Vermont.
   46. An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Virginia.
   47. An unincorporated community in Southampton County, Virginia.
   48. An unincorporated community and coal town in Preston County, West Virginia.
   49. An unincorporated community in the town of Johnson, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Corinth Canal
• Gulf of Corinth
• New Corinth

Related terms

• Corinthian
• Corinthians
• currant

Translations

city in Greece

Albanian: Korinti Arabic: كُورِنْثْ f (kūrinṯ) Armenian: Կորնթոս (hy) (Korntʻos) Bulgarian: Коринт (Korint) Catalan: Corint Chinese: Cantonese: 科林斯 (fo1 lam4 si1), 哥林多 (go1 lam4 do1) (Protestant), 格林多 (gaak3 lam4 do1) (Catholic) Hakka: 哥林多 (Kô-lìm-tô) (Protestant) Hokkien: 哥林多 (Ko-lîm-to) (Protestant) Mandarin: 科林斯 (zh) (Kēlínsī), 哥林多 (zh) (Gēlínduō) (Protestant), 格林多 (zh) (Gélínduō) (Catholic) Czech: Korint (cs) m Danish: Korinth Dutch: Korinthe Esperanto: Korinto Finnish: Korintti (fi) French: Corinthe (fr) Georgian: კორინთი (ḳorinti) German: Korinth (de) n Greek: Κόρινθος (el) f (Kórinthos) Ancient: Κόρινθος m or f (Kórinthos) Hebrew: קורינתוס Hungarian: Korinthosz (hu) Irish: An Choraint f Italian: Corinto f Japanese: コリント (Korinto), コリントス (Korintosu) Korean: 코린토스 (korintoseu) Latin: Corinthus (la) f Latvian: Korintas m Lithuanian: Korintas m Macedonian: Коринт (Korint) Marathi: कॉरिंथ (kŏrintha), कोरिंथोस (korinthos) Norwegian: Korint Ottoman Turkish: گوردوس (Gördüs), قوریتوس (Koritos) Polish: Korynt (pl) m Portuguese: Corinto (pt) f Romanian: Corint Russian: Коринф (ru) (Korinf) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Коринт m Roman: Korint (sh) m Slovak: Korint m Slovene: Korint (sl) m Spanish: Corinto (es) Swedish: Korinth Tagalog: Korinto Turkish: Korint (tr), Korent Ukrainian: Коринф (Korynf) Welsh: Corinth m

See also

• Wikipedia article on Corinth

References

• “Corinthus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Corinth”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• “Corinthus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Anagrams

• Chirton, Richton, trochin

Welsh

Proper noun

Corinth m

1. Corinth

Derived terms

• Corinthaidd (“Corinthian”, adjective)
• Corinthiad (“Corinthian”, noun)
• Corinthiaid (“the Biblical Epistles to the Corinthians”)
• grawn Corinth (“currants”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Corinth

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Corinth	Gorinth	Nghorinth	Chorinth

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “Corinth”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Corinth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies