English Explanatory Dictionary

Ctesiphon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛsɪfɒn/ /ˈstɛsɪfɒn/

Word forms

Ctesiphon

Etymology

From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn).

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