Susa

See also: susa, súsa, suša, Şuşa, sus'a, and šúša

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Sūsa, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːzə/

Proper noun

Susa

1. (historical) the capital of Elam, and a capital/major city in later Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Parthian empires, located on the site of present day Shush, Iran.

Translations

capital

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܫܘܫ

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

  Ancient: Σοῦσα (Soûsa)

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• Hebrew: שׁוּשָׁן (he) (shushán)
• Latin: Sūsa f
• Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 (Sūš), šws (šūs)
• Persian: شوش (šuš)
• Russian: Сузы pl (Suzy)

Anagrams

• SAUs, USSA

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Segūsiō.

Proper noun

Susa f

1. A small town in the Torino province of Piemonte
2. Sousse (a city in Tunisia)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Proper noun

Sūsa f sg (genitive Sūsae); first declension

1. Susa (ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sūsa
Genitive	Sūsae
Dative	Sūsae
Accusative	Sūsam
Ablative	Sūsā
Vocative	Sūsa
Locative	Sūsae

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.