Aphrodisias

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀφροδισιάς (Aphrodisiás, a city of Greece).

Proper noun

Aphrodisias

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fulgoridae – certain planthoppers.

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English

Etymology

Named after Aphrodite.

Proper noun

Aphrodisias

  1. (historical) A Hellenistic Greek city in the historic Caria cultural region of western Asia Minor, today's Anatolia in Turkey.