DECAPOLIS

Meaning of DECAPOLIS in English

Pronunciation: di- ' ka-p ə -lis

Function: geographical name

confederation of 10 ancient cities N Palestine in region chiefly SE of Sea of Galilee

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

DECAPOLIS — geographical name confederation of 10 ancient cities N Palestine in region chiefly SE of Sea of Galilee
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DECAPOLIS — League of 10 ancient Greek cities, including Damascus , in eastern Palestine . It was formed after the Roman conquest …
Английский словарь Британика
DECAPOLIS — /di kap"euh lis/ , n. a region in the NE part of ancient Palestine: confederacy of ten cities in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DECAPOLIS — geographical name confederation of 10 ancient cities N Palestine in region chiefly SE of Sea of Galilee
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DECAPOLIS — league of 10 ancient Greek cities in eastern Palestine that was formed after the Roman conquest of Palestine in 63 …
Britannica English vocabulary
DECAPOLIS — League of 10 ancient Greek cities, including Damascus , in eastern Palestine . It was formed after the Roman conquest …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DECAPOLIS — containing ten cities
Bible Names English vocab
IRBID — Town (pop., 1994: 208,329), northern Jordan. Built on Early Bronze Age settlements, it may have been the biblical city of …
Английский словарь Британика
JORDAN, FLAG OF — horizontally striped black-white-green national flag with a red hoist triangle bearing a white star. The flag has a width-to-length ratio …
Britannica English vocabulary
IRBID — town, northern Jordan. The town is built on successive Early Bronze Age settlements and was possibly the biblical Beth Arbel …
Britannica English vocabulary
HAGUENAU — town, Bas-Rhin dpartement, Alsace rgion, northeastern France. It lies along the Moder River just south of the Forest of Haguenau, …
Britannica English vocabulary
GADARA — modern Umm Qays ancient city of Palestine, a member of the Decapolis, located just southeast of the Sea of Galilee …
Britannica English vocabulary
BET SHE'AN — also spelled Beth-shan, Arabic Baysan, or Beisan, town, northeastern Israel, principal settlement in the low 'Emeq Bet She'an ('emeq, valley), …
Britannica English vocabulary
AMMAN — Arabic 'amman, biblical Hebrew Rabbah, or Rabbat Bene 'ammon (Great [or Capital] City of the Sons of Ammon), ancient Greek …
Britannica English vocabulary
DECA- — deca- combining form ▶ with stress-neutral suffix ¦dek ə — decagram ˈdek ə ɡræm BrE AmE ▶ with stress-imposing suffix …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
IRBID — Town (pop., 1994: 208,329), northern Jordan. Built on Early Bronze Age settlements, it may have been the biblical city of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RAPHON — a city of Gilead, 1 Macc. 15:37 perhaps identical with Raphana, which is mentioned by Pliny as one of the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
RABBAH — (great). â A very strong place on the east of the Jordan, and the chief city of the Ammonites. In …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
PETER — (a rock or stone). The original name of this disciple was Simon, i.e. "hearer." He was the son of a …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

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