- Halicarnassus
- geographical name ancient city SW Asia Minor in SW Caria on Aegean Sea
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
Halicarnassus — • A titular see of Caria, suffragan of Stauropolis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Halicarnassus Halicarnassus † … Catholic encyclopedia
HALICARNASSUS — Cariae civitas maritima, ad sinum Ceramicum Argivorum colonia, in qua Mausole, quondam nobilissimum opus extabat. Patria Herodoti, et Heracliti poetae, Callimachi socii, ac Dionysii Historici, qui res Romanas conscripsit. Regia olim Cariae fuit.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Halicarnassus — [hal΄ə kär nas′əs] ancient city in SW Asia Minor, on the Aegean: site of the MAUSOLEUM … English World dictionary
Halicarnassus — Infobox Settlement official name = Halicarnassus(Ἁλικαρνασσός) other name = (Bodrum) native name = Ancient Carian City in Turkey imagesize = 280px image caption = The ruins of the Mausoleum of Maussollos, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient… … Wikipedia
Halicarnassus — Halicarnassian, Halicarnassean, adj. /hal euh kahr nas euhs/, n. an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. * * * modern Bodrum Ancient Greek city, western Anatolia. Located… … Universalium
Halicarnassus — noun an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus • Instance Hypernyms: ↑city, ↑metropolis, ↑urban center • Part Holonyms: ↑Turkey, ↑Republic of Turkey … Useful english dictionary
Halicarnassus (Titularbistum) — Halicarnassus (ital.: Alicarnasso) ist ein Titularbistum der römisch katholischen Kirche. Es geht zurück auf einen untergegangenen Bischofssitz in der antiken Stadt Halikarnassos in der kleinasiatischen Landschaft Karien. Der Bischofssitz war der … Deutsch Wikipedia
Halicarnassus, Mausoleum of — ▪ ancient monument, Halicarnassus, Turkey one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The monument was the tomb of Mausolus, the tyrant of Caria in southwestern Asia Minor, and was built between about 353 and 351 BC by Mausolus sister and widow,… … Universalium
Halicarnassus — noun /ˌhælɪkɑrˈnæsəs/ ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia … Wiktionary
HALICARNASSUS — a Greek city, and the chief of Caria, in Asia Minor, on the sea coast opposite the island of Cos, the birthplace of Herodotus; celebrated for the tomb of Mausolus, called the MAUSOLEUM (q.v.) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia