English Explanatory Dictionary

Hecatompylus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-e Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.

Word forms

Hecatompylus

Etymology

From Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.

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