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Definition of Adrianopolis
1. Noun. A city in northwestern Turkey; a Thracian town that was rebuilt and renamed by the Roman Emperor Hadrian.
Exact synonyms: Adrianople, Edirne
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Republic Of Turkey, Turkey
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Republic Of Turkey, Turkey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adrianopolis
Literary usage of Adrianopolis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Origines Ecclesiasticæ: The Antiquities of the Christian Church. With Two by Joseph Bingham (1856)
"... 376 Adriana, in Pamphylia Secunda, 378 adrianopolis, in Epirus Ve- tus, 383
adrianopolis, ... 375 adrianopolis, in Pisidia, 379 adrianopolis, ..."
2. An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by Universal history (1780)
"... in Pontus ; adrianopolis, in Thrace, ... Adriane, or adrianopolis, in Libya
Cyrenaica; ... in Egypt, called alfo adrianopolis ; Adriano- thera, ..."
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