Hecatompylus

English

Etymology

From Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.

Proper noun

Hecatompylus

  1. (historical) A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-e Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.

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