Susa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "susa"

English

Etymology

From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Sus and Shush.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːzə/, /ˈsuːsə/

Proper noun

Susa

2. (historical) An ancient city, which became the capital of Elam, the Persian Empire, the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire, now known as Shush in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran.

Derived terms

• Susian

Translations

ancient city

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܘܫ

• Armenian: Շոշ (Šoš)
• Catalan: Susa f
• Czech: Súsy f pl
• French: Suse (fr) f
• German: Susa (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σοῦσα (Soûsa)

• Hebrew: שׁוּשָׁן (he) (shushán)
• Hindi: शूश m (śūś)
• Latin: Sūsa f
• Marathi: शूश (śūś)
• Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (Sūš), šws (šūs)
• Old Persian: 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 m (ç-u-š-a /⁠Çūšā⁠/)
• Persian: شوش (fa) (šuš)
• Polish: Suza (pl) f
• Russian: Сузы pl (Suzy)
• Turkish: Susa

Anagrams

• SAUs, Suas, USSA

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Segūsiō.

Proper noun

Susa f

1. a small town in Torino, Piedmont, Italy
2. Sousse (a city in Tunisia)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Proper noun

Sūsa n pl (genitive Sūsōrum); second declension

1. (historical) Susa (a former city in Iran)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Sūsa
genitive	Sūsōrum
dative	Sūsīs
accusative	Sūsa
ablative	Sūsīs
vocative	Sūsa
locative	Sūsīs

References

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (Çūšā).

Proper noun

Susa

1. (historical) Susa (a former city in Iran)