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Metellinum
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Latin
Etymology
Named after the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius, who founded it as a military base for his operations in western Iberia, during the Sertorian War.
Pronunciation
Metellīnum
Proper noun
Metellīnum<2.loc>
A town of Lusitania on the Anas, now Medellín
Declension
Metellīnum<2.loc>
References
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