- Adrianople
- geographical name — see Edirne
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Adrianople
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Adrianople — • According to legend, Orestes, son of Agamemnon, built this city at the confluence of the Tonsus (Toundja) and the Ardiscus (Arda) with the Hebrus (Maritza) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Adrianople Adrianople … Catholic encyclopedia
Adrianople — n. 1. a city in Northwest Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman emperor Hadrian. Syn: Edirne, Adrianopolis [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adrianople — [ā΄drē ə nō′pəl] former name for EDIRNE … English World dictionary
Adrianople — The most important Byzantine city in Thrace (q.v.). Its position astride the main military road from Belgrade to Constantinople (qq.v.) meant that it was often besieged by invaders from the north, including Avars, Bulgars, Serbs, and Pechenegs … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Adrianople — Edirne Edirne Andrinople Administration Pays … Wikipédia en Français
Adrianople Vilayet — ولايت ادرنه Vilâyet i Edirne Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire … Wikipedia
Adrianople, Battle of — or Battle of Hadrianopolis (AD 378) Battle fought in what is now Edirne, Tur. , that marked the beginning of serious Germanic incursions into Roman territory. It pitted the Roman army under the emperor Valens against the horsemen of the Visigoths … Universalium
Adrianople, Treaty of — (1829) The peace treaty ending the Russo Turkish War of 1828–1829. The war’s proximate cause was the sinking of the Turkish Egyptian fleet at Navarino in October 1827. The fleet was moored there in support of operations that aimed at… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
adrianople red — |ādrēə|nōpəl also |a noun Usage: often capitalized A Etymology: from Adrianople (now Edirne), Turkey : turkey red * * * a medium red color. Also called Levant red, Turke … Useful english dictionary
Adrianople — /ay dree euh noh peuhl/, n. Edirne. * * * … Universalium
