Ecbatana

From Latin Ecbatana, from Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), from Old Iranian; see Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna) for more. Doublet of Hamadan.

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈbætənə/

Ecbatana

1. (historical) The ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran, and subsequently a royal residence of Persian and Parthian kings.

• Hamadan

From Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), itself from Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Ha(n)gmatāna).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛɡˈba.ta.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ekˈbaː.t̪a.na]

Ecbatana n pl (genitive Ecbatanōrum); second declension

1. Ecbatana (the ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran)

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

• “Ecbatana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ecbatana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from Latin Ecbatana, from Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Ha(n)gmatāna).

• IPA^(key): /eɡbaˈtana/ [eɣ̞.β̞aˈt̪a.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: Ec‧ba‧ta‧na

Ecbatana f

1. (historical) Ecbatana (the ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran)