Gedrosia

English

Etymology

From Latin from Ancient Greek Γεδρωσία (Gedrōsía).

Proper noun

Gedrosia

  1. (historical) The Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to contemporary Makran.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γεδρωσία (Gedrōsía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Gedrōsia f sg (genitive Gedrōsiae); first declension

  1. an ancient district of South Asia, in modern Pakistan and Iran, bounded on the east by the Indus and on the west by Carmania and approximately corresponding to modern Makran

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Gedrōsia
genitive Gedrōsiae
dative Gedrōsiae
accusative Gedrōsiam
ablative Gedrōsiā
vocative Gedrōsia

References

  • Gedrosia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Gedrosia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly