Paropamisus
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Paropamīsus, from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).
Proper noun[edit]
Paropamisus
- (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.
- A mountain range in Afghanistan
Synonyms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παροπάμισος (Paropámisos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.ro.paˈmiː.sus/, [pärɔpäˈmiːs̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.ro.paˈmi.sus/, [päropäˈmiːs̬us]
Proper noun[edit]
Paropamīsus
- (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)
- Paropamisus (a mountain range in Afghanistan)
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References[edit]
- “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
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