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Heraclea

Meaning of "Heraclea" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF HERACLEA

ˌhɛrəˈkliːə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HERACLEA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heraclea 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 HERACLEA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Heraclea in the English dictionary

The definition of Heraclea in the dictionary is any of several ancient Greek colonies. The most famous is the S Italian site where Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated the Romans.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HERACLEA

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HERACLEA

Hepworth · her · her. · Hera · Heraclean · Heracleides · Heracles · Heraclid · Heraclidae · Heraclidan · Heraclitus · Heraclius · Heraklean · Herakleion · Herakles · Heraklid · Heraklidae · Heraklidan · Heraklion

WORDS THAT END LIKE HERACLEA

azalea · bougainvillea · cochlea · Elea · flea · galea · grevillea · incarvillea · lea · mausolea · olea · palea · Penthesilea · pilea · plea · psoralea · quelea · sand flea · trochlea · water flea

Synonyms and antonyms of Heraclea in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Heraclea» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HERACLEA

Find out the translation of Heraclea to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Heraclea from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Heraclea» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

赫刺克勒斯
1,325 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
570 millions of speakers
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English

Heraclea
510 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
380 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
280 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
278 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
270 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
260 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
220 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
190 millions of speakers
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heraclea
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ヘラクレア
130 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Heraclea
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Heraclea
80 millions of speakers
ta

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Heraclea
75 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
75 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
70 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
65 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
50 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
40 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
30 millions of speakers
el

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Ηράκλεια
15 millions of speakers
af

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Heraclea
14 millions of speakers
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Heraclea
10 millions of speakers
no

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Heraclea
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERACLEA»

Discover the use of Heraclea in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Heraclea and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Praxiphanes of Mytilene and Chamaeleon of Heraclea: Text, ...
There follow ten essays that clarify material presented in the text translation. The volume closes with an index listing the ancient sources that are referred to the preceding essays.
Andrea Martano, Elisabetta Matelli, David Mirhady, 2012
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Macedonia:
Just over 4,000 years later the first major town to be established in the rich Pelagonia Valley was the ancient Macedonian town of Heraclea Lyncestis. It was founded by Philip II of Macedon (the father of Aleksandar III ofMacedon) in the middle ...
Thammy Evans, 2007
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Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O
Heraclea, Anatolia I 806 I Byzantine- Muslim Wars When Nicephorus deposed Empress Irene and resumed war against Caliph Harun al-Rashid, the Muslim leader again invaded Anatolia and, after defeating a Byzantine army at Crasus, led a ...
Tony Jaques, 2007
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Catalogue of Late Roman Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks ...
The pattern of its output was very close to those of Nicomedia and Heraclea, and the three must often have received identical minting instructions, but minting at Cyzicus seems to have been more irregular than that of Nicomedia and, after the  ...
Dumbarton Oaks, Philip Grierson, Melinda Mays, 1992
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Lives behind the Laws: The World of the Codex Hermogenianus
... Isidorus 7.16.12 4.14.293 Secundus 4.49.7 4.15.293 Melantias Diodorus 8.53. 9 4.16.293 Augustina 3.35.4 4.17.293 Heraclea Zoilus 4.5.5 4.18.293 Heraclea Attalus 2.21.3 4.18.293 Heraclea Attianus 6.9.4M 4.18.293 Heraclea Marcellus ...
Serena Connolly, 2010
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Kinship Myth in Ancient Greece
Endymion, founder of Heraclea Aetolus Aetolians Heraclea fiGUre 7.3. Heraclea- at-Latmus and the Aetolian League clea is a sanctuary worked into a rocky niche with large outcroppings. Because entry lies on the southwest side rather than ...
Lee E. Patterson, 2010
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The Cambridge Ancient History
Further west towards By2antium was Heraclea Pontica. Like By2antium, Heraclea was a Megarian colony (but with a Boeotian element, which Xen. An. v1 .2.1 was wrong to suppress completely). It was democratically ruled till 564, when  ...
D. M. Lewis, John Boardman, 1994
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Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade
The road to Heraclea passes over a featureless plain, probably then something of a salt desert, but now brought back to life by irrigation. We do not know which of three possible routes they took from Iconium to Heraclea, which vary in distance ...
John France, 1996
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Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal ...
Heraclea, I. " situated between the Acids and Liris, was founded by the Tarentini after the destruction of the ancient city of Siris, which stood at the mouth of the latter river, A. C. 428. This city is rendered remarkable in history as being the seat of ...
John Lemprière, 1853
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An Atlas of Classical Geography
38.4 23.46 Heptan5mis, Vostani, or Middle Egypt 29.0 31.0 Horaclea (Aeolis) 39.17 26.42 Heraclea (Athainania).. 39.16 21.10 Heraclea (Cephallenia)? Raldi 38.10 20.42 Heraclea (Chalcidice)... 40.35 23.19 Heraclea (Ionia) 37.31 27.33 ...
William Hughes, 1856

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERACLEA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Heraclea is used in the context of the following news items.
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EDITORIAL: Greek crisis lesson to other unions
The term derives from King Pyrrhus of Epirus's defeat of the Romans at Heraclea in 280BC, when his majesty is reported to have complained: ... «BDlive, Jul 15»
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Pyrrhic victory
The eponym comes from King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose armies suffered so many casualties defeating the Romans at Heraclea that they never ... «Missoula Independent, May 15»
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Sketch in the City: Heraclea: The Hydra; Part 6: Bad Vanquish
The bad news is that this is the last Heraclea cartoon to appear in Alive. The good news is Waltz plans on continuing to create Heraclea comics! «Columbus Alive, Dec 14»
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The ultimate Christmas quiz
After costly victories at Heraclea and Ausculum, which king of Epirus went home to Greece after a final drawn battle with Rome at Beneventum ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Sketch in the City: Heraclea: The Hydra; Part 3: The Beat Goes On
So far Celestian Waltz's Heraclea strip has been a gender-flipped riff on Hercules myths. This episode he compares his mythic protagonist to a ... «Columbus Alive, Dec 14»
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Sketch in the City: Heraclea: The Hydra; Part I: Date Night
Editor's note: Nix Comics' Ken Eppstein curates and edits this weekly feature that highlights local cartoonists in six-strip runs. To be considered ... «Columbus Alive, Nov 14»
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No Second Term: Why Rupiah Banda's Bid For Presidency is bad for …
... named after Greek King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties in defeating the Romans at Heraclea in 280 BC and ... «UKZAMBIANS, Nov 14»
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Today is Sveta Petka
Paraskeva fled to Chalcedon, and afterwards lived at the church of the Most Holy Theotokos in Heraclea Pontica. She lived an austere life, ... «InSerbia News, Oct 14»
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Why the Saudis Are Cutting Oil Prices
In 280-279 B.C., the Epirote King Pyrrhus defeated the Romans in two consecutive battles at Heraclea and Asculum. But he suffered such a ... «Money Morning, Oct 14»
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Lake Bafa, haven for animal and plant observers
Uslu said the ancient cities of Heraclea and Latmos were also within the borders of the natural park and those areas were first degree ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Sep 14»
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