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Nicopolis
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Nicópolis
English
Etymology
From en la Nīcopolis, from en grc Νικόπολις, from grc νῑ́κη victory + grc πόλις city, city-state in honor of the Battle of Actium.
Proper noun
en historical en @former name of:Preveza city in northwestern c/Greece ; former capital p/Epirus Vetus in the Roman Empire.
en historical en @former name of:Emmaus former city r/West Bank cc/Palestine.
Derived terms
en Nicopolitan
Translations
ancient Preveza
Bulgarian: bg Никопол
French: fr Nicopolis
Greek: el Νικόπολη f
Ancient Greek: grc Νικόπολις f
Italian: it Nicopoli f
Latin: la Nīcopolis f
Marathi: mr निकोपोलिस
Polish: pl Nikopolis f
Spanish: es Nicópolis f
Turkish: tr Nikopolis, tr Niğbolu
Ottoman Turkish: ota نیگبولی Niğbolu, ota نیقوپولس Nikopolis
en Provincial capitals
French
Proper noun
f
fr <<ancient capital>> of the <<p:pref/Epirus Vetus>> of the <<empire/Roman Empire>>, in modern <<c/Greece>> Nicopolis
Latin
Etymology
la Nīcopolis :bor grc:Νικόπολις<t:city of victory> + 1
Proper noun
Nīcopolis<3> Nīcopolis/Nīcopolios
la various cities c/Roman Empire Nicopolis, including:
la capital p/Epirus Vetus in the c/Roman Empire, now la city c/Greece Preveza
la historical la former city r/West Bank cc/Palestine Emmaus
Declension
Nīcopolis<3> Nīcopolis/Nīcopolios
Descendants
en Nicopolis 1
References