Colonia Ulpia Traiana
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The verdict
“Colonia Ulpia Traiana” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nahe der heutigen Stadt Xanten (Niederrhein) gelegene römische Stadt, die vermutlich um 100 nach Christus aus einer cugernischen Siedlung hervorgegangen ist und als Festung „Tricensimae“ um 450 n. ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Colonia Ulpia Traiana |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Colonia Ulpia Traiana” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Colonia Ulpia Traiana is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nahe der heutigen Stadt Xanten (Niederrhein) gelegene römische Stadt, die vermutlich um 100 nach Christus aus einer cugernischen Siedlung hervorgegangen ist und als Festung „Tricensimae“ um 450 n. ...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Colonia Ulpia Traiana in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Colonia Ulpia Traiana, spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-A- -U-L-P-I-A- -T-R-A-I-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1nahe der heutigen Stadt Xanten (Niederrhein) gelegene römische Stadt, die vermutlich um 100 nach Christus aus einer cugernischen Siedlung hervorgegangen ist und als Festung „Tricensimae“ um 450 n. Chr. aufgegeben wurde
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct German spelling is C-O-L-O-N-I-A- -U-L-P-I-A- -T-R-A-I-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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