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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κρῆσσα (Krêssa).
Proper noun
Crēssa f sg (genitive Crēssae); first declension
- A city of Paphlagonia founded by Meriones after the war of Troy
- A port town in Caria, mentioned by Pliny
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- Cressa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cressa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly