Edessa

See also: edessä

English

Etymology

From Latin Edessa, from Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈdɛs.ə/

Proper noun

Edessa

A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia.
(chiefly historical) Synonym of Urfa: a city in southeastern Turkey.

Synonyms

(ancient Urfa): Antioch, Antioch on the Callirhoe, Urhay, Orhay

Derived terms

Edessene, Edessan

Translations

city in Greece

Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)
Japanese: エデッサ (edessa)
Latin: Edessa f
Macedonian: Воден m (Voden)
Marathi: एधेसा (edhesā)

city in Mesopotamia — see also Sanliurfa

Arabic: اَلرُّهَا f (ar-ruhā)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ f (ʾŌrhāy, Ūrhāy), ܐܕܡܐ (ʾAdmē)
Old Armenian: Եդեսիա (Edesia)
Armenian: Եդեսիա (Edesia), Էդեսսա (Ēdessa)
Old Armenian: Ուռհայ (Uṙhay)
Armenian: Ուռհա (Uṙha), Ուրֆա (Urfa), Ուրհա (Urha)

Greek:
Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)

Modern Greek: Έδεσσα (el) f (Édessa)
Latin: Edessa f
Middle Persian: ʾlhʾy (Urhāy)
Ottoman Turkish: ادسه (Edesa)
Parthian: 𐭀𐭅𐭓𐭇𐭀𐭉 (Urhāy)

Anagrams

seased, deases

Catalan

Proper noun

Edessa f

Edessa (a city in Greece)
Urfa (a city in Turkey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛˈdɛs.sa]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈd̪ɛs.sa]

Proper noun

Edessa f sg (genitive Edessae); first declension

Urfa (a city in Turkey)
Edessa (a city in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Edessa
genitive	Edessae
dative	Edessae
accusative	Edessam
ablative	Edessā
vocative	Edessa
locative	Edessae

Related terms

Edessēnus

Descendants

Catalan: Edessa
English: Edessa

References

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