Persepolis

See also: Persépolis

English

Etymology

From Latin Persepolis, from Ancient Greek Περσέπολις (Persépolis), from Πέρσης (Pérsēs, “Persian”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pɜːˈsepəlɪs/
(US) IPA^(key): /pɝˈsepəlɪs/
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Proper noun

Persepolis

The ceremonial capital city of Achaemenid Persia.

Derived terms

Persepolitan

Translations

ancient city of Persia

Arabic: بِرْسِيبُولِيس‎ (birsībūlīs)
Armenian: Պերսեպոլիս (Persepolis)
Bengali: পার্সেপলিস্‌ (parseplis‌)
Bulgarian: Персеполис (Persepolis)
Catalan: Persèpolis
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波斯波利斯
Finnish: Persepolis
French: Persépolis (fr) m
Georgian: პერსეპოლისი (ṗerseṗolisi)
Greek:
Ancient: Περσέπολις (Persépolis)
Hebrew: פרספוליס‎

Hindi: पर्सेपोलिस (parsepolis)
Hungarian: Perszepolisz (hu)
Italian: Persepoli
Japanese: ペルセポリス (Peruseporisu)
Korean: 페르세폴리스 (pereusepolliseu)
Latin: Persepolis (la)
Middle Persian: 𐭮𐭲𐭮𐭲𐭥𐭭𐭩‎ (Sadestūn)
Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa)
Persian: تخت جمشید‎ (fa) (taxt-e-jamšid), چهل منار‎ (čehel menâr), پارسه‎ (fa) (pârse), پرسپولیس‎ (fa) (Perspolis)
Portuguese: Persépolis f
Russian: Персеполь (ru) m (Persepolʹ)
Spanish: Persépolis f
Urdu: تخت جمشید‎ (taxt-e-jamšīd)

Anagrams

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