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Decapolitan

Decapolitan adjective: of or relating to the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria).

Adjective

Decapolitan

  1. Of or relating to the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria)
  2. Of or relating to the Decapolis (an alliance of ten free imperial cities in Alsace within the Holy Roman Empire (now in Grand Est, France) from 1354 to 1678)

Noun

Decapolitan (plural Decapolitans)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria)
  2. A native or inhabitant of the Decapolis (an alliance of ten free imperial cities in Alsace within the Holy Roman Empire (now in Grand Est, France) from 1354 to 1678)

Forms of Decapolitan

pluralDecapolitans

Origin of Decapolitan

From Latin Decapolitānus, from Decapolis + -ītānus.

Questions about Decapolitan

What does Decapolitan mean?
Decapolitan means of or relating to the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria).
What part of speech is Decapolitan?
Decapolitan can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Decapolitan in the dictionary

  1. decapods
  2. decapoise
  3. decapoises
  4. decapolar
  5. Decapolis
  6. Decapolitan
  7. Decapolitans
  8. decapped
  9. decapper
  10. decappers
  11. decapping

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