BISITUN

Meaning of BISITUN in English

or Behistun or Bisutun geographical name ruined town W Iran E of Kermanshah

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

BĪSITŪN — ancient Behestūn Town and historic site, western Iran. On a limestone cliff above the present village is a bas-relief and …
Английский словарь Британика
BISITUN — /bee'si toohn"/ , n. Behistun.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BISITUN — geographical name or Be·his·tun ˌbā-his- ; or Bi·su·tun ˌbē-sə- ruined town W Iran E of Kermanshah
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BISITUN — also spelled Bisotun, historically Behistun village and precipitous rock situated at the foot of the Zagros Mountains in the Kermanshah …
Britannica English vocabulary
BISITUN — ancient Behest 016B; n Town and historic site, western Iran. On a limestone cliff above the present village is a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BISITUN — Pronunciation: ˌ b ē -s ə - ' tün Variant: or Be · his · tun \ ˌ b ā …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BISUTUN — geographical name see: Bisitun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEHISTUN — geographical name see: Bisitun
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BEHISTUN — /bay'hi stoohn"/ , n. a ruined town in W Iran: site of a cliff that bears on its face a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BISUTUN — see Bisitun
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEHISTUN — — see Bisitun
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MAGUS — plural Magi, member of an ancient Persian clan specializing in cultic activities. The name is the Latinized form of magoi …
Britannica English vocabulary
SMERDIS — also called Bardiya (6th century BC), king of Persia in 522521 BC. Smerdis was the son of Cyrus the Great …
Britannica English vocabulary
RAWLINSON, SIR HENRY CRESWICKE — born April 11, 1810, Chadlington, Oxfordshire, Eng. died March 5, 1895, London British army officer and Orientalist who deciphered the …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHRAORTES — died 653 BC Iranian Fravartish, also called Khshathrita, Assyrian Kashtariti king of Media from 675 to 653 BC. Phraortes, who …
Britannica English vocabulary
PERSIAN LANGUAGE — also called Farsi, member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian language family; it is the official language of Iran. …
Britannica English vocabulary
PARTHIA — ancient land corresponding roughly to the modern region of Khorasan in Iran. The term is also used in reference to …
Britannica English vocabulary
KERMANSHAH — formerly Bakhtaran, city, western Iran. The city lies in the fertile valley of the Qareh Su River and is situated …
Britannica English vocabulary
JACKSON, A.V. WILLIAMS — born Feb. 9, 1862, New York, N.Y., U.S. died Aug. 8, 1937, New York in full Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson …
Britannica English vocabulary
IRAN, HISTORY OF — history of the Iranian Plateau from prehistoric times to the present. The article covers as well the succession of ancient …
Britannica English vocabulary
GOTARZES I — flourished 1st century BC king of Parthia (reigned 91-87 or 91-81/80 BC). Gotarzes first appeared as "satrap of satraps" under …
Britannica English vocabulary
CENTRAL ASIAN ARTS: PERFORMING ARTS
Britannica English vocabulary
ARMENIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-blue-orange national flag. Its width-to-length proportion is 1 to 2. Long without an independent state of their own, …
Britannica English vocabulary

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

← BISHOPS' BIBLE BISKRA→