Suda

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Suda

/ˈsu.də/ US
/ˈsuː.də/ UK

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin Sūda, from Medieval Greek Σοῦδᾰ (Soûdă).

proper noun the Suda · Souda

A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterranean world.

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name tenth-century Byzantine Greek encyclopaedia

Ελληνικά	Σούδα Soúda

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"Suda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/suda. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Suda. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/suda

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"Suda." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/suda.

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@misc{suda_2026,
  title = {Suda},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/suda},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}