Edessa

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See also: edessä

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Etymology

From Latin Edessa, from Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

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Proper noun

Edessa

  1. A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia.
  2. (chiefly historical) Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Edessa f

  1. Edessa (a city in Greece)
  2. Urfa (a city in Turkey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Edessa f sg (genitive Edessae); first declension

  1. Urfa (a city in Turkey)
  2. Edessa (a city in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Edessa
genitive Edessae
dative Edessae
accusative Edessam
ablative Edessā
vocative Edessa
locative Edessae

Descendants

  • Catalan: Edessa
  • English: Edessa

References

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