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PRONUNCIATION OF PAUSANIAS

Pausanias  [pɔːˈseɪnɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PAUSANIAS

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Pausanias 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 PAUSANIAS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pausanias

Pausanias is the name of several people: ▪ Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's Symposium ▪ Pausanias, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC ▪ Pausanias of Sicily, physician of the 5th century BC, who was a friend of Empedocles ▪ Pausanias of Sparta, King of Sparta from 409 BC to 395 BC ▪ Pausanias of Macedon, King of Macedon from 399 BC to 393 BC ▪ Pausanias, pretender to the throne of Macedon in the 360s BC ▪ Pausanias of Orestis, bodyguard who assassinated Philip II of Macedon in 336 BC ▪ Pausanias, Greek traveller, geographer, and writer of the 2nd century AD ▪ Pausanias of Damascus, Greek historian ▪ Pafsanias Katsotas, Greek general and mayor of Athens...

Definition of Pausanias in the English dictionary

The definition of Pausanias in the dictionary is 2nd century ad, Greek geographer and historian. His Description of Greece gives a valuable account of the topography of ancient Greece.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PAUSANIAS


Ascanius
æˈskeɪnɪəs
calcaneus
kælˈkeɪnɪəs
Comenius
kəˈmeɪnɪəs
contemporaneous
kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs
cutaneous
kjuːˈteɪnɪəs
extemporaneous
ɪkˌstɛmpəˈreɪnɪəs
extraneous
ɪkˈstreɪnɪəs
instantaneous
ˌɪnstənˈteɪnɪəs
intracutaneous
ˌɪntrəkjuːˈteɪnɪəs
membraneous
mɛmˈbreɪnɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
mucocutaneous
ˌmjuːkəʊkjuːˈteɪnɪəs
musculocutaneous
ˌmʌskjʊləʊkjuːˈteɪnɪəs
percutaneous
ˌpɜːkjʊˈteɪnɪəs
sanious
ˈseɪnɪəs
simultaneous
ˌsɪməlˈteɪnɪəs
spontaneous
spɒnˈteɪnɪəs
subcutaneous
ˌsʌbkjuːˈteɪnɪəs
subterraneous
ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪəs
transcutaneous
ˌtrænzkjuːˈteɪnɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PAUSANIAS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PAUSANIAS

albricias
alias
Ananias
asclepias
Asturias
bias
capias
Dias
Duque de Caxias
Elias
galimatias
Herodias
Josias
Lias
Lysias
Matthias
Sophonias
Tiresias
Trias
Zacharias

Synonyms and antonyms of Pausanias in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Pausanias» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PAUSANIAS

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鲍桑尼亚
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Pausanias
570 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
510 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
380 millions of speakers
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بوسانياس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Павсаний
278 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
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পসেনিয়াস
260 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
220 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
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Pausanias
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パウサニアス
130 millions of speakers

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파우 사니 아스
85 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
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Pausanias
80 millions of speakers

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பாசீனியஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पौसनीस
75 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pausania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pauzaniasz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Павсаній
40 millions of speakers

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Pausanias
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Ο Παυσανίας
15 millions of speakers
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Pausanias
14 millions of speakers
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Pausanias
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Pausanias
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pausanias

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PAUSANIAS»

The term «Pausanias» is normally little used and occupies the 121.552 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PAUSANIAS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Pausanias

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PAUSANIAS»

Discover the use of Pausanias in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pausanias and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pausanias' Guide to Ancient Greece
Although ignored during his own time, Pausanias is increasingly important in ours—to historians, tourists, and archaeologists. Christian Habicht offers a wide-ranging study of Pausanias' work and personality.
Christian Habicht, 1998
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Pausanias : Travel and Memory in Roman Greece: Travel and ...
This collection uses Pausanias as a multifaceted lens yielding indispensable information about the cultural world of Roman Greece.
Pausanias, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Susan E. Alcock Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology and Classics, University of Michigan, John F. Cherry Professor of Classical Archaeology and Greek University of Michigan, 2001
3
Pausanias' Greece: Ancient Artists and Roman Rulers
This is the first systematic and detailed study of Pausanias' view of Roman involvement in Greece.
K. W. Arafat, 2004
4
Pausanias: Travel Writing in Ancient Greece
In this book, Maria Pretzler combines a thorough introduction to Pausanias with exciting new perspectives.
Maria Pretzler, 2013
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Pausanias: Travel and Memory in Roman Greece
This collection uses Pausanias as a multifaceted lens yielding indispensable information about the cultural world of Roman Greece.
Pausanias, Susan E. Alcock, John F. Cherry, 2003
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Pausanias Periegetes
A final chapter collects Pausanias' record of sixty-one festivals and panegyreis. This book will be of interest to topographers, art-historians, and students of Greek religion.
William Kendrick Pritchett, 1999
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Guide to Greece: Central Greece
This volume, the first of two, concerns the five provinces of central Greece, with an account of cities including Athens, Corinth and Thebes and a compelling depiction of the Oracle at Delphi.
Pausanias,, 2004
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The description of Greece, by Pausanias, tr. with notes [by ...
Pausanias (the traveller). Theras, but the rest dissented from him in all his do* signs. But is they had even agreed among themselves, X should not be able, in the fame history, to relate at once the actions of their posterity ; for they neither all  ...
Pausanias (the traveller), 1794
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Describing Greece: Landscape and Literature in the ...
Examines the most important work of non-fiction travel literature in antiquity, Pausanias' Description of Greece.
William Hutton, 2005
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Following Pausanias: the quest for Greek antiquity
"A study of Pausanias's ten-book travelogue describing Greece as he experienced it in the second century.
Maria Georgopoulou, Celine Guilmet, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PAUSANIAS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pausanias is used in the context of the following news items.
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Going Places, Near & Far: Open Mind for the Off-Road in Greece …
I decide that Pausanias is the patron saint of travel writers; and was to travel writing what Herodotus and Plutarch were to history and biography ... «The Island Now, Jul 15»
2
GERARD HOWLIN: Rip-off Ireland's service with a sour puss at …
Possibly the oldest tourist guide was Pausanias' Description of Greece in the first century AD. It dealt a lot with sites of religious interest and ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
3
Philip Who? A Gallery of Mystery Bones
The story, as recorded by ancient historian Diodorus of Sicily, goes like this: Philip's bodyguard and lover Pausanias became jealous that the ... «Live Science, Jul 15»
4
At dinner, going global with the cast of 'Tap Factory'
"I have to remember for Ryan and Lee" — the two British dancers — "to speak English," said Vincent Pausanias, creator and director of "Tap ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Jun 15»
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Greece's Top 10 Archaeological Sites
The Ancient Theater of Epidaurus, praised in the second century AD by geographer Pausanias for its elegance and symmetrical proportions, ... «Greek Reporter, Jun 15»
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Is Jesus Christ a myth? Part 4 - Historical record if any!
... Pompon Mela, Quintius Curtius, Lucian, Pausanias, Valerius Flaccus, Florus Lucius, Favorinus, Phaedrus, Damis, Aulus Gellius, Columella, ... «News24, Jun 15»
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Wonder of the Ancient World: The Grand and Powerful Statue of Zeus
Pausanias, a Greek traveler who wrote the earliest guidebook to ancient Greece in 150 AD made a detailed description of the temple. «Ancient Origins, May 15»
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The Grand and Sacred Temple of Artemis, A Wonder of the Ancient …
Pausanias (110 - 180 AD), a Greek traveler, geographer, and historian, claimed the shrine was ancient and older than the oracular shrine of ... «Ancient Origins, May 15»
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Video: watch tap dancers preview Reno show
Joining the tap dancers was Vincent Pausanias, "Tap Factory” director. “Tap Factory" -- in Reno through July 26 -- showcases urban tap dance ... «KRNV My News 4, May 15»
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12 Most-Impressive Retorts In History
... on this list are Leo Tolstoy, James Joyce, Albert Einstein, John Wilkes – and even a 5th-Century BC Spartan warrior king named Pausanias. «WhatCulture, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pausanias [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pausanias>. May 2024 ».
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