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Heliogabalus

Syllables: He·li·o·gab·a·lusUK/ˌhiː.li.əʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs//ˌhiː.li.əˈɡæb.ə.ləs/

Heliogabalus proper noun: synonym of Elagabalus (“Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos”).

heliogabalus: synonym of Elagabalus (“Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard...
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Proper noun

Heliogabalus

  1. Synonym of Elagabalus (“Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos”).
    • But yet I think nobody, could he be sure that the soul of Heliogabalus were in one of his hogs, would yet say that hog were a man or Heliogabalus.1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, ch xxvii
    • I spent five days in conversing with many others of the ancient learned. I saw most of the first Roman emperors. I prevailed on the governor to call up Heliogabalus's cooks to dress us a dinner, but they could not show us much of their skill, for want of materials.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa...
    Synonyms:
    Elagabalus
  2. Synonym of Elagabalus (“sun deity”).
    Synonyms:
    Elagabalus

Heliogabalus meaning in Arabic and Thai

Heliogabalus in Arabic

emperor, deity — see also Elagabalus
إِيل جَبَل ʔīl jabal

Heliogabalus in Thai

emperor, deity — see also Elagabalus
เอลากาบาลุส

Synonyms of Heliogabalus

Origin of Heliogabalus

Borrowed from Latin Hēliogabalus, a Greek form of Elagabalus, with the first element (and the god) identified with Helios.

Questions about Heliogabalus

What does Heliogabalus mean?
Heliogabalus means synonym of Elagabalus (“Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos”).
What is Heliogabalus in Arabic?
Heliogabalus in Arabic is إِيل جَبَل (ʔīl jabal). See Heliogabalus meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Heliogabalus?
Heliogabalus is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Heliogabalus?
Heliogabalus is pronounced /ˌhiː.li.əʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs/ (UK).

Words near Heliogabalus in the dictionary

  1. helioflagellate
  2. helioflagellates
  3. helioform
  4. Heliogabalan
  5. Heliogabalian
  6. Heliogabalus
  7. heliogeomagnetics
  8. heliogeophysical
  9. heliogram
  10. heliograms
  11. heliograph

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Heliogabalus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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