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Empúries

Empúries proper noun: an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast in Catalonia, founded 575 BCE.

Proper noun

Empúries

  1. (historical) An ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast in Catalonia, founded 575 BCE.

Forms of Empúries

alternative formAmpurias

Origin of Empúries

Borrowed from Catalan Empúries, from Ancient Greek Ἐμπόριαι (Empóriai).

Questions about Empúries

What does Empúries mean?
Empúries means an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast in Catalonia, founded 575 BCE.
What part of speech is Empúries?
Empúries is a proper noun.

Words near Empúries in the dictionary

  1. empyrical
  2. empyrics
  3. empyromancy
  4. empyroses
  5. empyrosis
  6. Empúries
  7. EMR
  8. EmRata
  9. Emrich
  10. Emriches
  11. Emrick

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