Decapolis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria.

Word forms

Decapolis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Decapolis, from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

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