Seleucia-on-Tigris

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The capital of the Seleucid Empire, and a major city in Parthian and Sasanian periods

Word forms

Seleucia-on-Tigris

Etymology

From Latin Seleucia ad Tigrim, from its position on the Tigris River, used to distinguish it from other Seleucias.

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