Apamea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.

Pronunciation

/æpəˈmiːə/

Word forms

Apamea Apameia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia).

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