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Ilium meaning

  1. The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
  2. The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).

Synonyms of Ilium

troy ilion city metropolis urban center bone os

Related words

Other words often associated with Ilium or its synonyms:

municipality drum package whiteness porta pearl boney white opening weight ivory metal

Using Ilium

  • The main meaning on this page is: The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone. | The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).
  • Useful related words include: troy, ilion, city, metropolis.
  • In the example corpus, ilium often appears in combinations such as: the ilium, of ilium, with ilium.

Context around Ilium

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

left 1×

Often after:

works 1×

Sentence patterns with Ilium

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

estuary with ilium a little 1× ilios or ilium 1× of an ilium and femur 1× sack of ilium during the 1× sack of ilium in stage 1× the ilium had a 1× the ilium works is 1× the left ilium of aerosteon 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

also mentioned in 1× jordanes tells how 1× soft anatomy pneumatopores 1× some people suspected 1× the ilium had 1× the ilium works 1×

Common sentence endings:

a large hole 1× during the fires 1× gained majority acceptance 1× ilios or ilium 1× ilium and femur 1× in the works 1×

Words around Ilium

Just before it in the word index:

ilitch 2 ilirija 2 iliotibial 2 ilios 4 iliopoulos 2 ilion 13

Just after it in the word index:

ilivehere 4 iliya 16 iliyasu 20 iliza 4 ilja 26 ilk 75

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 14 aamer 14 aave 14 abadan 14 abdelmadjid 14 abdulkarim 14

Corpus analysis for Ilium

  • In this selection, "ilium" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, left and works stand out and add context to how "ilium" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include estuary with ilium a little and ilios or ilium. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "ilium" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with ilium

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

The ilium had "a large hole.. (6 words)

The Ilium Works is the setting for the short story " Deer in the Works ". (14 words)

The map here shows the adapted Scamander estuary with Ilium a little way inland across the Homeric plain. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

Soft anatomy Pneumatopores on the left ilium of Aerosteon riocoloradensis Large meat-eating dinosaurs had a complex system of air sacs similar to those found in modern birds, according to a 2005 investigation led by Patrick M. O'Connor. (39 words)

Some people suspected that Nero himself was the arsonist, as Suetonius reported, Nero Ch 38 claiming that he played the lyre and sang the 'Sack of Ilium ' during the fires. (30 words)

These small, claw-like protrusions on each side of the cloaca are the external portion of the vestigial hindlimb skeleton, which includes the remains of an ilium and femur. (29 words)

Example sentences (10)

Also mentioned in this and other letters is the Assuwa confederation made of 22 cities and countries which included the city of Wilusa (Ilios or Ilium).

It was said by Suetonius and Cassius Dio that Nero sang the " Sack of Ilium " in stage costume while the city burned.

Jordanes tells how the Goths sacked " Troy and Ilium" just after they had recovered somewhat from the war with Agamemnon (108).

Soft anatomy Pneumatopores on the left ilium of Aerosteon riocoloradensis Large meat-eating dinosaurs had a complex system of air sacs similar to those found in modern birds, according to a 2005 investigation led by Patrick M. O'Connor.

Some people suspected that Nero himself was the arsonist, as Suetonius reported, Nero Ch 38 claiming that he played the lyre and sang the 'Sack of Ilium ' during the fires.

The ilium had "a large hole..

The Ilium Works is the setting for the short story " Deer in the Works ".

The map here shows the adapted Scamander estuary with Ilium a little way inland across the Homeric plain.

These small, claw-like protrusions on each side of the cloaca are the external portion of the vestigial hindlimb skeleton, which includes the remains of an ilium and femur.

While the identification of Wilusa with Ilium (that is, Troy) is always controversial, in the 1990s it gained majority acceptance.

Common combinations with ilium

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "ilium" in a sentence?
An example: "Also mentioned in this and other letters is the Assuwa confederation made of 22 cities and countries which included the city of Wilusa (Ilios or Ilium)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "ilium" from authentic English texts.
What does "ilium" mean?
Ilium means: The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
What are synonyms of "ilium"?
Common synonyms of "ilium" include: troy, ilion, city, metropolis, urban center, bone, os.
How many example sentences with "ilium" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "ilium", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.