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Panticapaeum

Panticapaeum proper noun: an important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.

Proper noun

Panticapaeum

  1. (historical) An important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.

Origin of Panticapaeum

Borrowed from Latin Panticapaeum, borrowed from Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion), borrowed from Proto-Scythian [Term?].

Questions about Panticapaeum

What does Panticapaeum mean?
Panticapaeum means an important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.
What part of speech is Panticapaeum?
Panticapaeum is a proper noun.

Words near Panticapaeum in the dictionary

  1. pantheum
  2. panthodic
  3. Panthoibi
  4. panths
  5. Panthé
  6. Panticapaeum
  7. pantie
  8. pantie girdle
  9. pantie girdles
  10. pantied
  11. pantieless

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