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PRONUNCIATION OF PYDNA

Pydna  [ˈpɪdnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PYDNA

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Pydna is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PYDNA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pydna

Pydna

Pydna was a Greek city in ancient Macedon, the most important in Pieria. Modern Pydna is a small town and a former municipality in the northeastern part of Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pydna-Kolindros, of which it is a municipal unit. Pydna is situated in fertile land close to the Thermaic Gulf coast. The main village of the former municipality is Kitros. It lies 6 km north of Korinos, 8 km south of Methoni and 13 km northeast of Katerini. Motorway 1 and the Piraeus–Platy railway pass east of the village.

Definition of Pydna in the English dictionary

The definition of Pydna in the dictionary is a town in ancient Macedonia: site of a major Roman victory over the Macedonians, resulting in the downfall of their kingdom.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PYDNA


echidna
ɪˈkɪdnə
gardener
ˈɡɑːdnə
Gardiner
ˈɡɑːdnə
Gardner
ˈɡɑːdnə
hudna
ˈhʊdnə
Lardner
ˈlɑːdnə
pardner
ˈpɑːdnə
Radnor
ˈrædnə
Sedna
ˈsɛdnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PYDNA

Pygmalion

WORDS THAT END LIKE PYDNA

ana
anna
arena
Argentina
Arizona
Barcelona
Carolina
china
Dana
Diana
Donna
Ghana
gonna
Helena
Indiana
Latina
Luna
marina
Montana
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Synonyms and antonyms of Pydna in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

Pydna
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Pydna
570 millions of speakers

English

Pydna
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Pydna
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Pydna
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Пидне
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pidna
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Pydna
260 millions of speakers

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Pydna
220 millions of speakers

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Pydna
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pydna
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピュドナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Pydna
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pydna
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Pydna
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pydna
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Pydna
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Pydna
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pydna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Pydna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Пидне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Pydna
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Πύδνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Pydna
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Pydna
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Pydna
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Pydna

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PYDNA»

The term «Pydna» is regularly used and occupies the 71.460 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PYDNA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PYDNA»

Discover the use of Pydna in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Pydna and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
When the Athenian general Themistocles fell out of favour and fled from Athens, he was given refuge at Pydna by Alexander in the early 460s BC before escaping to Asia. In the build-up to the Peloponnesian War and the revolt of Potidaea in ...
Nigel Guy Wilson, 2006
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
P665 (Zoology); UF Pterodroma pycrofti BT Pterodroma Pydna (Ancient city) USE Pydna (Extinct city) Pydna (Extinct city) ... Pydna (Greece) [Former heading; BT Extinct cities—Greece Greece—Antiquities Pydna (Greece) USE Pydna (Extinct ...
Library of Congress, 2006
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Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories
In his famous second preface, Polybius gives his reasons for extending the scope of the work, stating that consideration of the period from the Roman victory at Pydna down to the Roman destruction of Carthage and Corinth in 146 enables the ...
Craige B. Champion, 2004
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War Elephants
1 The decisive battle was enjoined on June 22, 168 BC at Pydna, beginning at three in the afternoon.22 In a fashion similar to the fighting at Cynoscephalae under Philip, the Greek phalanx initially pushed back the Roman legions, but the  ...
John M. Kistler, 2007
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The Macedonian Empire: The Era of Warfare Under Philip II ...
Methone lay between Pydna and the Haliacmon River and adjacent to the road south to Tempe and Thes- saly. The only way around it was an arduous trail through the mountains.19 Although Methone was a constant strategic threat to Philip, ...
James R. Ashley, 2004
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Nations of the World: Grote, G. Greece. 12 v
They then quitted Macedonia, first crossing by sea from Pydna to the eastern coast of the Thermaic gulf, — next attacking, though without effect, the town of Beroea, — and then marching by land along the eastern coast of the gulf, in the ...
‎1899
7
History of Greece ...
TAKES PYDNA AND POTIDAEA. 237 conquering and handing over to them the important Athenian possession of Potidaea.1 We know no particulars of these important transactions. Our scanty authorities merely inform us, that during the first ...
George Grote, 1853
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A History of Greece
TAKES PYDNA AND POTIDEA. ' 41 he probably availed himself of the propositions made by Athens respecting the exchange of Pydna for Am hipolis, to exasperate the Pydnaeans against her bad faitli; since they would have good ground for ...
George Grote, 1870
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The Westminster Review
German editor of the Olynthiacs of Demosthenes, places the acquisition of Pydna by Timotheus to the Athenian em ire in' Olymp. 101. 3. fifteen years before the accession of hilip; for which there is only this evidence, that Diodorus [xv. 47.] ...
‎1826
10
Notodontidae & Oenosandridae (Lepidoptera)
96: 2, 3; figs. 530, 531. HT: P, India, Sikkim, Dalapchand Aritaal – National Science Museum, Tokyo by original designation. hunyada (Swinhoe, 1903): 504 (Pydna hunyada). HT: P, [Indonesia], S. Java, 1.500 ft. – *BMNH, London by monotypy.
Alexander Schintlmeister, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PYDNA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Pydna is used in the context of the following news items.
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DASDING bei der Nature One 2015
Baden-Baden, Pydna im Hunsrück (ots) - Vom 30. Juli bis 2. August Live-Übertragungen bei DASDING im Radio / Techno und House im ... «Presseportal.de, Jul 15»
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POL-PPKO: Nature One 2015 (Pydna, Kastellaun)
Kastellaun (ots) - "Stay as you are" lautet das diesjährige Motto der Nature One und "so bleiben wie sie ist" soll auch die gute Zusammenarbeit zwischen Polizei ... «Presseportal.de, Jul 15»
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Musik: Festival Nature One begrenzt Ticketverkauf
August mit mehr als 300 DJs und Live-Acts auf der einstigen Raketenbasis Pydna nahe Kastellaun in Bunkern, Zelten und unter freiem Himmel über die Bühne. «FOCUS Online, Jul 15»
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Nature One 2015 mit alten und neuen Stars an den Turntables - News
Im Jubiläumsjahr 2014 zu 20 Jahre Nature One kamen 72.000 Zuschauer auf die Raketenbasis Pydna nach Kastellaun im Hunsrück. Für 2015 werden für die ... «regioactive.de, Jun 15»
5
Nature One in Kastellaun
Letztes Jahr versammelten sich gut 70.000 Rave-Begeisterte anlässlich des Events auf der ehemaligen Raketenbasis Pydna im Hunsrück. Auch wenn die ... «Covertrends.de Lifestyle Magazine, Jun 15»
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Weniger Staus vor der Pydna - Besucherzahlen bei Nature One …
(Hasselbach) Auf der Raketenbasis Pydna bei Hasselbach findet vom 31. Juli bis zum 2. August die 21. Ausgabe des Techno-Spektakels Nature One statt. «Trierischer Volksfreund, Jun 15»
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NATURE ONE - "stay as you are"
August 2015 auf der altbekannten Raketenbasis Pydna stattfinden. Wieder einmal verspricht jenes Event ein Wochenende mit Feierstimmung vom Feinsten. «TechnoBase.FM, Jun 15»
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An Identity Crisis for the Amphipolis Tomb
(the precise location of Pydna remains unknown but the general vicinity of Makriyialos is probable.) In fact only one of these inscriptions seems to mention a ... «Greek Reporter, Mar 15»
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Whose bodies are buried in this Alexander the Great-era tomb?
“Inscriptions are very clear and several indicate Olympias was buried at Pydna,” classical archaeologist Dorothy King told Discovery News on Tuesday, “so if she ... «RedOrbit, Jan 15»
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Home Culture Archaeology Is the Mother of Alexander the Great in …
It is unlikely that Olympias died at Pydna, because she died at least weeks after she surrendered to Cassander at Pydna and Cassander seems to have been ... «Greek Reporter, Sep 14»

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