English Explanatory Dictionary

Dura-Europos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An ancient Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman border city on the bank of the Euphrates in present-day Syria.

Word forms

Dura-Europos Dura Europos Dura-Europus Dura Europus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δοῦρα Εὐρωπός (Doûra Eurōpós).

Synonyms

Dura
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