Greek temple whose name comes from a word for “virgin” Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Greek temple whose name comes from a word for “virgin” last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PARTHENON.

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Crossword Answer For Greek temple whose name comes from a word for “virgin”:

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PARTHENON Greek temple whose name comes from a word for “virgin” (9) The Times Specialist Sunday Dec 3, 2017
6% OCELOTS Wild cats whose name comes from Nahuatl (7) New York Times Nov 14, 2025
6% EROS Greek god whose name is an anagram of ROSE (4) New York Times Nov 11, 2025
6% SUEDE Material whose name comes from the French for "gloves from Sweden" (5) The Atlantic Nov 9, 2025
6% MANACLE Restraint whose name comes from the Latin for "hand" (7) The Atlantic Oct 15, 2025
6% HIPPO Animal whose full name comes from the Greek for "river horse" (5) Universal Oct 10, 2025
6% SAHARA Desert whose name comes from the Arabic for "desert" (6) New York Times Oct 1, 2025
6% BALSA Wood whose name comes from the Spanish for "raft" (5) LA Times Daily Sep 25, 2025
5% PAGODAS Tiered temples (7) LA Times Daily Nov 30, 2025
5% MOSQUE Muslim temple (6) Newsday Nov 26, 2025

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