edessa

English - Turkish

Definition of edessa in English Turkish dictionary

Urfa'nin eski ismi

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of edessa in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Urfa'nın antik çağdaki adı

şanlıurfa'nın eski adlarından biri

şanlıurfa'nın bilinen en eski adı

English - English

Definition of edessa in English English dictionary

A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia

Ancient city in northwestern Mesopotamia, the capital of Osroene, on the site of modern Şanlıurfa in Turkey. Also known as Urfa

An ancient city of Mesopotamia on the site of present-day Urfa in southeast Turkey. A major Christian center after the third century A.D., it was conquered by the Arabs in 639 and was captured by Crusaders in 1097

A city of and capital of Pella

A city in Turkey that is called today, Şanlıurfa

Hyphenation

E·des·sa

Synonyms

urfa

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Edessa).