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Mopsuestia

Mopsuestia proper noun: an ancient city in Cilicia on the Pyramus River (now Ceyhan River) located east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey).

Proper noun

Mopsuestia

  1. an ancient city in Cilicia on the Pyramus River (now Ceyhan River) located east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey)

Origin of Mopsuestia

From Latin Mopsuestia, from Ancient Greek Μοψουεστία (Mopsouestía), from Μόψου ἑστία (Mópsou hestía, “the house of Mopsus”).

Questions about Mopsuestia

What does Mopsuestia mean?
Mopsuestia means an ancient city in Cilicia on the Pyramus River (now Ceyhan River) located east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey).
What part of speech is Mopsuestia?
Mopsuestia is a proper noun.

Words near Mopsuestia in the dictionary

  1. mopseys
  2. mopsical
  3. mopsies
  4. mopstick
  5. mopsticks
  6. Mopsuestia
  7. mopsy
  8. Mopsyes
  9. Mopsys
  10. Mopti
  11. moptop

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