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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

오단노선

Pronunciation / Transliteration: odan-noseon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Quinquereme/ˈkwɪŋ.kwɪ.riːm/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"오단노선은 고대 해전에서 강력한 군함이었다."

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An ancient Greek or Roman galley with five banks of oars or five rowers to each oar.

    "The fleet was composed of powerful quinqueremes that dominated Mediterranean naval warfare."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin quinquerēmis, combining quinque meaning 'five' and rēmus meaning 'oar'. This historical naval term entered the English language in the 19th century to describe ancient Mediterranean war galleys.

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