Heliopolis

See also: Heliópolis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/

Proper noun

Heliopolis

1. (historical) Iunu or On, the capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt in antiquity, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo.
2. (historical) The city now known as Baalbek, Lebanon.
3. A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
4. A suburb of Athens, Greece.

Synonyms

• (Ancient Egyptian city): Iunu, Iwnw, On, Awen, Heliopolis in Augustamnica
• (Ancient Syrian city): Heliopolis Syriaca, Heliopolis in Syra, Heliopolis in Coelosyria, Heliopolis in Phoenicia

Translations

Ancient Egyptian city

• Egyptian: jwnw
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• Hebrew: אָוֶן (he) (āwen)

Ancient Syrian city

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”).

Proper noun

Hēliopolis f sg (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension

1. Heliopolis (city in Ancient Egypt)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hēliopolis
Genitive	Hēliopolis Hēliopoleos Hēliopolios
Dative	Hēliopolī
Accusative	Hēliopolim Hēliopolin
Ablative	Hēliopolī
Vocative	Hēliopolis Hēliopolī
Locative	Hēliopolī

The inflected forms Hēliopoleos, Hēliopolios, and Hēliopolin are only attested postclassically.

References

• “Heliopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Heliopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.