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Aphrodisias

Aphrodisias proper noun: a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey.

Proper noun

Aphrodisias

  1. (historical) A Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey.

Origin of Aphrodisias

Named after Aphrodite.

Questions about Aphrodisias

What does Aphrodisias mean?
Aphrodisias means a Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey.
What part of speech is Aphrodisias?
Aphrodisias is a proper noun.

Words near Aphrodisias in the dictionary

  1. aphrodisiac
  2. aphrodisiacal
  3. aphrodisiacally
  4. aphrodisiacs
  5. Aphrodisian
  6. Aphrodisias
  7. aphrodisiomania
  8. Aphrodision
  9. Aphrodisium
  10. Aphrodistic
  11. aphrodite

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