Νικόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῑ́κη (nī́kē, victory) + πόλις (pólis, city).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νῑκόπολῐς • (Nīkópolis) f (genitive Νῑκοπόλεως); third declension

  1. (historical) Nicopolis (a city in the Roman Empire), the modern Preveza.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • Νικοπολίτης (Nikopolítēs)

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: Никопол (Nikopol)
  • Greek: Νικόπολη (Nikópoli)
  • Latin: Nicopolis
  • Ottoman Turkish: نيكبولى (Niğbolu)
  • Turkish: Nikopolis

Further reading

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