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English
Etymology
From Latin from Ancient Greek Γεδρωσία (Gedrōsía).
Proper noun
Gedrosia
- (historical) The Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to contemporary Makran.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γεδρωσία (Gedrōsía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gedrōsia f sg (genitive Gedrōsiae); first declension
- An ancient district of South Asia, in modern Pakistan and Iran, bounded on the east by the Indus and on the west by Carmania and approximately corresponding to modern Makran.
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Gedrosia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Gedrosia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly