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Vinony

ilium

noun

  1. uppermost and largest part of the hip bone, and appears in most vertebrates (including mammals and birds), but not bony fish or snakes
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪli.əm/ / /ˈɪlɪəm/

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Īlium, from Ancient Greek Ἴ̄λιον (Í̄lion). Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ílion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wílion). Compare Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), usually identified with Troy, and Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wólnus (“meadow, pasture”). Cognate with English wold. By surface analysis, Ili- + -um.

  1. Troy.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).

  1. The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.

    “Holonyms: hip bone, os coxae < pelvis”

  2. The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).