Edessa

See also: edessä

English

Etymology

From Latin Edessa, from Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈdɛs.ə/

Proper noun

Edessa

A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia.
(chiefly historical) Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.

Synonyms

(ancient Urfa): Antioch, Antioch on the Callirhoe, Urhay, Orhay

Derived terms

Edessene, Edessan

Translations

city in Greece

Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)
Latin: Edessa f
Macedonian: Воден m (Voden)

city in Mesopotamia — see also Sanliurfa

Arabic: اَلرُّهَا f (ar-ruhā)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ f (ʾŌrhāy, Ūrhāy), ܐܕܡܐ (ʾAdmē)
Armenian: Եդեսիա (Edesia), Էդեսսա (Ēdessa)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)

Modern Greek: Έδεσσα (el) f (Édessa)
Latin: Edessa f
Middle Persian: ʾlhʾy (Urhāy)
Ottoman Turkish: ادسه (Edesa)
Parthian: 𐭀𐭅𐭓𐭇𐭀𐭉 (Urhāy)

Anagrams

deases

Catalan

Proper noun

Edessa f

Edessa (a city in Greece)
Urfa (a city in Turkey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [ɛˈd̪ɛs̠ːä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [eˈd̪ɛsːä]

Proper noun

Edessa f sg (genitive Edessae); first declension

Urfa (a city in Turkey)
Edessa (a city in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Edessa
Genitive	Edessae
Dative	Edessae
Accusative	Edessam
Ablative	Edessā
Vocative	Edessa
Locative	Edessae

Descendants

Catalan: Edessa
English: Edessa

References

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

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