Granicus

From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈnaɪkəs/

Granicus

1. a river in north-western Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III

From Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

View of the river

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ni.kus/, [ˈɡraː.nɪ.kʊs]

Grānicus m (genitive Grānicī); second declension

1. An important river of Troas, now the Biga Çayı

Second declension.

• Granicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Granicus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly