英语词汇“pentapolis”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pentapolis

/pɛnˈtapəlɪs/

noun

A league or group of five cities or towns; (frequently with capital initial) any of several historical groups or federations of five cities, often including the regions and provinces around them.

Applied specifically to (a) the five Biblical ‘cities of the plain’ (Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar: see Genesis 14:8); (b) the ancient Philistine confederacy of Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, Gath, and Ekron; (c) the five ancient Greek (later Roman) cities of central Cyrenaica (Cyrene, Apollonia, Ptolemais, Taucheira, and Berenice); (d) the military province controlled by the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna (580–754), comprising two groups of five towns each (Rimini, Pesaro, Fano, Senigallia, and Ancona in the north-east, and Urbino, Fossombrone, Iesi, Cagli, and Gubbio in the south-west)..

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Old English Martyrology. From post-classical Latin pentapolis a league or group of five cities or towns (Vulgate, Wisdom 10:6) from ancient Greek πεντάπολις from πεντα- + πόλις.

单词	pentapolis
释义	pentapolis /pɛnˈtapəlɪs/ noun A league or group of five cities or towns; (frequently with capital initial) any of several historical groups or federations of five cities, often including the regions and provinces around them. Applied specifically to (a) the five Biblical ‘cities of the plain’ (Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Zoar: see Genesis 14:8); (b) the ancient Philistine confederacy of Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, Gath, and Ekron; (c) the five ancient Greek (later Roman) cities of central Cyrenaica (Cyrene, Apollonia, Ptolemais, Taucheira, and Berenice); (d) the military province controlled by the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna (580–754), comprising two groups of five towns each (Rimini, Pesaro, Fano, Senigallia, and Ancona in the north-east, and Urbino, Fossombrone, Iesi, Cagli, and Gubbio in the south-west).. Origin Old English; earliest use found in Old English Martyrology. From post-classical Latin pentapolis a league or group of five cities or towns (Vulgate, Wisdom 10:6) from ancient Greek πεντάπολις from πεντα- + πόλις.
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