Ecbatana

From Latin Ecbatana, from Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), from Old Iranian; see Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna) for more. Doublet of Hamadan.

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈbætənə/

Ecbatana

1. (historical) The ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran, and subsequently a royal residence of Persian and Parthian kings.

• Hamadan

From Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), itself from Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Ha(n)gmatāna).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈba.ta.na/, [ɛɡˈbät̪änä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈba.ta.na/, [ekˈbäːt̪änä]

Ecbatana n pl (genitive Ecbatanōrum); second declension

1. Ecbatana (the ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran)

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

• “Ecbatana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ecbatana in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Borrowed from Latin Ecbatana, from Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Ha(n)gmatāna).

Ecbatana f

1. (historical) Ecbatana (the ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran)