Susa

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

English

Etymology

From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsuːzə/

Proper noun

Susa

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

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)
Hebrew: שׁוּשָׁן‎ (he) (shushán)
Hindi: शूश m (śūś)
Latin: Sūsa f
Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩‎ (Sūš), šws (šūs)
Persian: شوش‎ (fa) (šuš)
Russian: Сузы pl (Suzy)

Anagrams

SAUs, Suas, USSA

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Segūsiō.

Proper noun

Susa f

A small town in Torino, Piedmont, Italy
Sousse (a city in Tunisia)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Proper noun

Sūsa n pl (genitive Sūsōrum); second declension

Susa (ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran)

Declension

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

Case	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

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