Abydos

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβυδος (Ábudos), from Egyptian

(ꜣbḏw).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /əˈbaɪ.dɑs/, /əˈbaɪ.dəs/, /ˈæb.ɪˌdɑs/
Rhymes: -aɪdəs, -aɪdɑs

Proper noun

Abydos

An ancient city in Egypt with archaeological interest.
An ancient city of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor in modern Turkey, on the Hellespont.

Derived terms

Abydene

Translations

ancient city in Egypt

Arabic: أبيدوس
Egyptian Arabic: ابيدوس
Armenian: Աբիդոս (hy) (Abidos)
Basque: Abidos
Belarusian: А́бідас (Ábidas)
Bulgarian: А́бидос m (Ábidos), Абду (Abdu)
Catalan: Abidos
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿拜多斯
Coptic: ⲁⲃⲱⲧ (abōt), ⲉⲃⲱⲧ (ebōt)
Egyptian:

(ꜣbḏw m or f)
Esperanto: Abidozo
Finnish: Abydos
Galician: Abidos
Georgian: აბიდოსი (abidosi)
Greek: Άβυδος (Ávydos)
Ancient: Ἄβυδος f (Ábudos)
Hebrew: אבידוס
Hungarian: Abüdosz
Icelandic: Abýdos
Italian: Abido
Japanese: アビドス
Korean: 아비도스 (abidoseu)
Latin: Abȳdus f
Lithuanian: Abydosas, Abidas
Malayalam: അബിഡോസ് (abiḍōsŭ)
Occitan: Abidòs
Persian: ابیدوس
Portuguese: Abidos f
Russian: А́бидос (ru) m (Ábidos)
Slovene: Abidos
Spanish: Abidos
Tajik: Абидос (Abidos)
Turkish: Abidos
Ukrainian: Абідо́с m (Abidós)
Urdu: ابیدوس

ancient city in Mysia

Russian: А́бидос (ru) m (Ábidos)

References

William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “Abydos”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7