Paropamisus

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Paropamīsus, from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).

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Paropamisus

  1. (historical) An ancient region and satrapy in modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, ruled by the Greeks around the time of Alexander the Great and later ceded to Chandragupta Maurya.
  2. A mountain range in Afghanistan

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Latin

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A 1467 manuscript of Ptolemy's Geography depicting "Paropanisus" in the top right

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).

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Proper noun

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Paropamīsus

  1. (historical) Paropamisus (an ancient region and satrapy in modern Afghanistan and Pakistan, ruled by the Greeks around the time of Alexander the Great and later ceded to Chandragupta Maurya)
  2. Paropamisus (a mountain range in Afghanistan)

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References

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  • Paropamisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Paropamisus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Paropamisus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly