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Pelusium

Pelusium proper noun: an ancient city of Egypt at the eastern mouth of the Nile.

Proper noun

Pelusium

  1. An ancient city of Egypt at the eastern mouth of the Nile

Origin of Pelusium

Borrowed from Latin Pelusium, from Ancient Greek Πηλούσιον (Pēloúsion).

Questions about Pelusium

What does Pelusium mean?
Pelusium means an ancient city of Egypt at the eastern mouth of the Nile.
What part of speech is Pelusium?
Pelusium is a proper noun.

Words near Pelusium in the dictionary

  1. pelures
  2. pelurious
  3. Pelusiac
  4. Pelusian
  5. Pelusians
  6. Pelusium
  7. Peluso
  8. Pelusos
  9. pelv-
  10. pelve
  11. Pelverata

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