patrai

1. 1.

   a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages

   SynonymsPatras

   Broadercityport

Other forms of patrai

plural

patrais·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about patrai

What does patrai mean?

patrai means "a port city in western Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese on an inlet of the Ionian Sea; was a major trade center from the 5th century BC to the 3rd century BC; commercial importance revived during the Middle Ages".

How many syllables are in patrai?

patrai has 2 syllables: pa-trai. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for patrai?

Close synonyms include Patras. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is patrai a common word?

patrai is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.