Edessa

See also: edessä

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iˈdes.ə/

Proper noun

Edessa

A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia.
(historical) Ancient city in northwestern Mesopotamia, the capital of Osroene, on the site of modern Şanlıurfa in Turkey.

Synonyms

(city in Mesopotamia): Şanlıurfa, Urfa

Derived terms

Edessene, Edessan

Translations

city in Greece

Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)
Latin: Edessa f
Macedonian: Воден m (Voden)

city in Mesopotamia — See also translations at Şanlıurfa

Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ‎ f (ʾŌrhāy, Ūrhāy), ܐܕܡܐ‎ (ʾAdmē)
Armenian: Եդեսիա (Edesia), Էդեսսա (Ēdessa)
Latin: Edessa f
Middle Persian: ʾlhʾy (Urhāy)
Parthian: 𐭀𐭅𐭓𐭇𐭀𐭉‎ (Urhāy)

See also

Edessa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

deases

Catalan

Proper noun

Edessa f

Edessa (a city in Greece)
Edessa (a city in Turkey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [ɛˈd̪ɛs̠ːä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [eˈd̪ɛsːä]

Proper noun

Edessa f sg (genitive Edessae); first declension

Edessa, Şanlıurfa (capital of Osroene, city in modern Turkey)
Edessa (a city in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Edessa
Genitive	Edessae
Dative	Edessae
Accusative	Edessam
Ablative	Edessā
Vocative	Edessa
Locative	Edessae

References

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

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