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PRONUNCIATION OF APADANA

apadana  [ˌæpəˈdɑːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF APADANA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Apadana is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES APADANA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

apadana

Apadana

An apadana is a large hypostyle hall, the best known examples being the great audience hall and portico at Persepolis and the palace of Susa. The Persepolis Apadana belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, the first half of the 5th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Great. Its construction completed by Xerxes I. Modern scholarships "demonstrates the metaphorical nature of the Apadana reliefs as idealised social orders".

Definition of apadana in the English dictionary

The definition of apadana in the dictionary is the great hall in an ancient Persian palace.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH APADANA


Africana
ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə
Americana
əˌmɛrɪˈkɑːnə
Aspadana
ˌæspəˈdɑːnə
banana
bəˈnɑːnə
Botswana
bʊˈtʃwɑːnə
darner
ˈdɑːnə
garner
ˈɡɑːnə
Ghana
ˈɡɑːnə
Haryana
hərˈjɑːnə
Juliana
ˌdʒʊlɪˈɑːnə
kana
ˈkɑːnə
lana
ˈlɑːnə
Ljubljana
luːˈbljɑːnə
Ludhiana
ˌlʊdɪˈɑːnə
mana
ˈmɑːnə
marijuana
ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə
nana
ˈnɑːnə
nirvana
nɪəˈvɑːnə
sardana
sɑːˈdɑːnə
Tijuana
tiːˈwɑːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE APADANA

apace
apache
apache dance
APACS
apage
apagoge
apagogic
apagogical
apagogically
apanage
apanaged
aparejo
apart
apart from
apartheid
aparthotel
apartment
apartment block
apartment building
apartment complex

WORDS THAT END LIKE APADANA

Adana
ana
Astana
bandana
cabana
campana
Cana
Dana
Diana
French Guiana
Guiana
Guyana
Habana
Havana
Indiana
Louisiana
marihuana
Montana
rana
Toscana

Synonyms and antonyms of apadana in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «apadana» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF APADANA

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Translator English - Chinese

Apadana酒店
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

apadana
570 millions of speakers

English

apadana
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अपादना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

apadana
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Apadana
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

apadana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

apadana
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

apadana
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Apadana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

apadana
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アパダナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

apadana
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Apadana
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Apadana
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

apadana
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपदाना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

apadana
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

apadana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Apadana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Apadana
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Apadana
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

apadana
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Apadana
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Apadana
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

apadana
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «APADANA»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «APADANA» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «APADANA»

Discover the use of apadana in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to apadana and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dictionary of Pali Proper Names
Most of the stories are found in the Paramatthadlpanl, the Commentary to the Thera- and Theri-gatha, extracted from the Apadana with the introductory words, " tena vuttam Apadane." But in numerous instances the names under which the ...
G.P. Malalasekera, 2003
2
Sacred Biography in the Buddhist Traditions of South and ...
The connection of these early saints' verses to the Apadana is most intimate: many of the apadanas take up and incorporate the same monk's or nun's verses in Thera-Therigatha, continuing the process, evident even in the latter texts, ...
Juliane Schober, 2002
3
The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in ...
800 by 500 feet (246 X 155 m) and occupying about three times the area of the apadana, the palace consists of an entry gate and passageway at the east that lead to a large court (cour est). To the west of this court are three others aligned ...
Prudence Oliver Harper, Joan Aruz, Françoise Tallon, 1992
4
Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC: A Study in ...
of Darius monumentalised the main point of access from the 'Ville Royale' at the southeast of the Apadana tell. To date the only substantial structures in the 'Ville Royale' revealed by investigation, even with the aid of resistivity surveys, are ...
Margaret C. Miller, 2004
5
Persepolis: Discovery and Afterlife of a World Wonder
Ada Small Moore standing before the staircase of the Apadana at Persepolis. From Mostafavi's album of Persepolis dated November 1933 (Photo © the Iran Bastan Mu- seum). The so-called Harem of Xerxes before reconstruction in the ...
Ali Mousavi, 2012
6
The Noun Phrase in Bengali: Assignment of Role and the ...
Chatterjee, I put apadana karaka in the fourth place, but Kale, N. Vidyabhushan, P. Acharya, have put it in the fifth. It is explained that the source of a thing, cause of an action, a place from which a thing or person has departed, or has fallen, ...
Malaya Gangopadhyay, 1990
7
Apadana
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
8
Evolution of Water Supply Through the Millennia
The water conduits were connected to the sewerage network through the walls and the openings in the stone cover. c) Characteristics of the sewerage network in the Apadana palace: The largest and the most magnificent structure in ...
Andreas Nikolaos Angelakis, Larry W. Mays, Demetris Koutsoyiannis, 2012
9
A History of Indian Literature: Buddhist and Jaina ...
he includes does not occur in the Apadana collection in its present form.396 The collection, however, includes many theras who do not appear in the Theragatha, and does not include all the therls who are in the Therigatha. On the other hand,  ...
Kenneth Roy Norman, Jan Gonda, 1983
10
Dimensions of Social Life: Essays in Honor of David G. ...
Though these structures were rectangular, one had marked features showing development toward the apadana: two square corner rooms, two rows of columns running between them, two enclosing rows of columns paralleling the other three  ...
Paul Hockings, 1987

REFERENCE
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