Persepolis

Persépolis English thumb|Apadana Apadana palace, Persepolis Etymology From en la Persepolis, from en grc Περσέπολις, from grc Πέρσης Persian + grc πόλις city, from en peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Persis, Persia, a Persian, Persepolis Pārsa although ancient Greek writers relate a folk etymology that derived the city, country, and people's name from en grc πέρθω to sack, to kill. Pronunciation en /pəˈsɛpəlɪs/ /pɜːˈsɛpəlɪs/ UK en /pɚˈsɛpəlɪs/ US en En-Persepolis.ogg Proper noun en Q129072 en historical The ceremonial capital city of Achaemenid Persia; its ruins in the present day. en Chilminar obsolete weekend Iran, a modern tragedy 06/13/2026 Life & Arts 8 Sanam Vakil In The Shah's Party, Templer narrows the lens to the extraordinary moment of the 1971 celebrations at Persepolis, where the shah staged a lavish commemoration of 2,500 years of Persian monarchy. Derived terms en Persepolitan Translations ancient city of Persia; its modern ruins Arabic: ar بِرْسِيبُولِيس, ar تَخْتْ جَمْشِيد f Armenian: hy Պերսեպոլիս Bengali: bn পার্সেপলিস্‌ Bulgarian: bg Персеполис Catalan: ca Persèpolis Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 波斯波利斯 Esperanto: eo Persepolo Finnish: fi Persepolis French: fr Persépolis m Georgian: ka პერსეპოლისი Greek: el Περσέπολη Ancient Greek: grc Περσέπολις Hebrew: he פרספוליס Hindi: hi पर्सेपोलिस Hungarian: hu Perszepolisz Italian: it Persepoli Japanese: ja ペルセポリス Peruseporisu Korean: ko ^페르세폴리스 Latin: la Persepolis Old English: ang Persibulis Persian: fa تخت جمشید taxt-e jamšid, fa چهل منار čehel menâr, fa پارسه pârse, fa پرسپولیس perspolis Middle Persian: pal 𐭮𐭲𐭮𐭲𐭥𐭭𐭩 Sadestūn Old Persian: peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa Portuguese: pt Persépolis f Russian: ru Персеполь m Spanish: es Persépolis f Tajik: tg Тахти Ҷамшед Urdu: ur تخت جمشید taxt-e-jamšīd Further reading Anagrams en eeilopprss slopperies en Ancient Near East Former capitals Latin la: Etymology From la grc Περσέπολις, from grc Πέρσης Persian + grc πόλις city, from la peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Persis, Persia, a Persian, Persepolis Pārsa although ancient Greek writers relate a folk etymology that derived the city, country, and people's name from la grc πέρθω to sack, to kill. Pronunciation Persēpolis 1 Proper noun Persēpolis<3> Persēpolis la historical en Persepolis Declension Persēpolis<3> Persēpolis Descendants ca Persèpolis en Persepolis eo Persepolo fr Persépolis pl Persepolis pt Persépolis es Persépolis it Persepoli la Cities Ancient Near East Former capitals