Abdera

See also: Abderą

English

location map of Abdera

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Proper noun

Abdera

  1. An ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece
  2. A modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece.

Derived terms

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German

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Proper noun

Abdera n (proper noun, genitive Abderas or (optionally with an article) Abdera)

  1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
  2. Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece).

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Abdera on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • Abdera” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Abdera” in Duden online
  • Abdera” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Abdēra, from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈdɛ.ra/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Hyphenation: Ab‧dè‧ra

Proper noun

Abdera f

  1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
  2. Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)

References

  1. Abdera in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Pronunciation 1

Proper noun

Abdēra n or f (variously declined, genitive Abdērōrum or Abderae); second declension, first declension

  1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
  2. Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)
  3. (figuratively, by extension) Chelm, cloud-cuckoo-land
Declension

Second declension (neuter plural) or first declension (feminine singular) noun, with locative.

Case Plural
Nominative Abdēra
Genitive Abdērōrum
Abdērae
Dative Abdērīs
Abdērae
Accusative Abdēra
Abdēram
Ablative Abdērīs
Abdērā
Vocative Abdēra
Locative Abdērīs
Abdērae
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Proper noun

Abdērā f

  1. ablative of Abdēra

References

  • Abdera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Abdera”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Abdera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Abdera in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρα (Ábdēra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abˈdɛ.ra/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: Ab‧de‧ra

Proper noun

Abdera f

  1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
  2. Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)
    miasto Abderathe city of Abdera
    mieszkaniec Abderyresident of Abdera

Declension

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Abdera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Abdera f

  1. Abdera (an ancient city in Thrace, in modern Greece)
  2. Abdera (a modern municipality of Xanthi, in the administrative region of Thrace, Greece)
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