Taxila

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Taxila m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain metalmarks.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Ditrysia – suborder; Rhopalocera – infraorder; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Riodinidae – family; Nemeobiinae - subfamily; Nemeobiini - tribe; Abisarina - subtribe

• (genus): Taxila dora, Taxila haquinus (species)

• Taxila haquinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Taxila on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Taxila (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Ultimately from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā) through Ancient Greek Τάξιλα (Táxila).

Taxila

1. (historical) Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan).
2. A modern town and archaeological site at that location.
3. A tehsil (sub-division), headquartered in the town, of the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province, Pakistan.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάξιλα (Táxila), itself from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtak.sɪ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ak.si.la]

Taxila f sg (genitive Taxilae); first declension

1. Taxila (an ancient city and archaeological site in the modern province of Punjab, Pakistan)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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