Heliopolis

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur.

• IPA^(key): /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/^[1]

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Heliopolis

2. (historical) The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt.

   Synonyms: (its name in Ancient Egypt) Iunu, Iwnw, (Coptic) On, Awen, Heliopolis in Augustamnica

3. (historical) An ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Baalbek.

   Synonyms: Heliopolis Syriaca, Heliopolis in Syra, Heliopolis in Coelosyria, Heliopolis in Phoenicia

4. A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
5. A suburb of Athens, Greece.

• Heliopolis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [heː.liˈɔ.pɔ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [e.liˈɔː.po.lis]

Hēliopolis f sg (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension

1. Heliopolis (an ancient city in Lower Egypt, near modern Cairo, Egypt)

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

The inflected forms Hēliopoleos, Hēliopolios, and Hēliopolin are only attested postclassically.

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