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Dodona is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dodona in a sentence

Dodona meaning

  1. A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece.
  2. Dodoni, the present settlement at the site, in modern Greece's Ioannina prefecture.

Using Dodona

  • The main meaning on this page is: A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece. | Dodoni, the present settlement at the site, in modern Greece's Ioannina prefecture.
  • In the example corpus, dodona often appears in combinations such as: at dodona, of dodona.

Context around Dodona

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

entry 1×

Often after:

female 1×

Sentence patterns with Dodona

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

molossians at dodona 1× only at dodona as the 1× see entry dodona if this 1× theater of dodona and a 1× theater of dodona with mt 1× wrote about dodona female priestesses 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

epirus in the 1× odyssey 14 326 1× one defines zeus 1× pyrrhus nonetheless brought 1× the goddess dione 1×

Common sentence endings:

have assembled here 1× in the background 1× made his capital 1× molossians at dodona 1× the male priests 1×

Words around Dodona

Just before it in the word index:

dodon 8 dodoma 21 dodola 2 dodo 74 dodnor 2 dodma 8

Just after it in the word index:

dodoo 6 dodos 10 dodou 3 dodowa 2 dodrill 2 dods 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Dodona

  • In this selection, "dodona" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, entry and female stand out and add context to how "dodona" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include molossians at dodona and only at dodona as the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dodona" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dodona

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Epirus in the Classical period The theater of Dodona with Mt. Tomarus in the background. (15 words)

One defines "Zeus Molossos" (worshipped only at Dodona ) as "the god identical to Zeus as worshipped by the Molossians at Dodona". (21 words)

Odyssey 14.326-7 By the time Herodotus wrote about Dodona, female priestesses called peleiades ("doves") had replaced the male priests. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

The goddess Dione (in her name simply the "Goddess") is sometimes taken by later mythographers as a mere feminine form of Zeus (see entry Dodona ): if this were so, she would not have assembled here. (35 words)

Pyrrhus nonetheless brought great prosperity to Epirus, building the great theater of Dodona and a new suburb at Ambracia (now modern Arta ), which made his capital. (26 words)

One defines "Zeus Molossos" (worshipped only at Dodona ) as "the god identical to Zeus as worshipped by the Molossians at Dodona". (21 words)

Example sentences (5)

One defines "Zeus Molossos" (worshipped only at Dodona ) as "the god identical to Zeus as worshipped by the Molossians at Dodona".

Epirus in the Classical period The theater of Dodona with Mt. Tomarus in the background.

Odyssey 14.326-7 By the time Herodotus wrote about Dodona, female priestesses called peleiades ("doves") had replaced the male priests.

Pyrrhus nonetheless brought great prosperity to Epirus, building the great theater of Dodona and a new suburb at Ambracia (now modern Arta ), which made his capital.

The goddess Dione (in her name simply the "Goddess") is sometimes taken by later mythographers as a mere feminine form of Zeus (see entry Dodona ): if this were so, she would not have assembled here.

Common combinations with dodona

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • at dodona 2×
  • of dodona 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dodona" in a sentence?
An example: "One defines "Zeus Molossos" (worshipped only at Dodona ) as "the god identical to Zeus as worshipped by the Molossians at Dodona"." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "dodona" from authentic English texts.
What does "dodona" mean?
Dodona means: A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece.
How many example sentences with "dodona" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "dodona", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.