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Pergamene

Pergamene adjective: of, from or relating to Pergamum.

Adjective

Pergamene

  1. Of, from or relating to Pergamum.

Noun

Pergamene (plural Pergamenes)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Pergamum.
    • There is still, however, a Community of Pergamon. Members of it are now visiting Athens. In 1922 Greece and Turkey made an exchange of populations and the Pergamenes were scattered.1956 September 16, Sanka Knox, “Pergamon of Old Hails Americans: Rebuilding of Athens’ Stoa by U.S. Scholars Receives Community’s Gratitude”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times...
    • Founded about 1000 bc by Aeolian Greeks, the city [Assos] was successively ruled by Lydians, Persians, Pergamenes, Romans, and Byzantines, until Sultan Orhan Gazi (1288–1360) took it over for the Ottomans in 1330.1993, “The Aegean Coast”, in Karen Cure, editor, Fodor’s Turkey […], New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Fodor’s Travel Publications, →ISBN, page 104

Synonyms of Pergamene

Forms of Pergamene

pluralPergamenes

Origin of Pergamene

Learned borrowing from Latin Pergamēnus or its etymon Ancient Greek Περγαμηνός (Pergamēnós). By surface analysis, Pergam(um) + ene.

Questions about Pergamene

What does Pergamene mean?
Pergamene means of, from or relating to Pergamum.
What part of speech is Pergamene?
Pergamene can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Pergamene in the dictionary

  1. pergal
  2. pergals
  3. Pergam.
  4. Pergamean
  5. Pergameans
  6. Pergamene
  7. pergameneous
  8. Pergamenes
  9. Pergamenian
  10. Pergamenians
  11. pergamenous

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