English Explanatory Dictionary

Panticapaeum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.

Word forms

Panticapaeum

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Scythian *Pantikapabor. Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion)bor. Latin Panticapaeumbor. English Panticapaeum Borrowed from Latin Panticapaeum, borrowed from Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion), borrowed from Proto-Scythian *Pantikapa (literally “fish-path”).

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