Ecbatana

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Ecbatana, from Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), from Old Iranian; see Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna) for more. Doublet of Hamadan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛkˈbætənə/ === Proper noun === Ecbatana (historical) The ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran, and subsequently a royal residence of Persian and Parthian kings. ==== Related terms ==== Hamadan ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), itself from Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Ha(n)gmatāna). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛɡˈba.ta.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ekˈbaː.ta.na] === Proper noun === Ecbatana n pl (genitive Ecbatanōrum); second declension Ecbatana (the ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only. === References === “Ecbatana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ecbatana”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Ecbatana, from Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Ha(n)gmatāna). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɡbaˈtana/ [eɣ̞.β̞aˈt̪a.na] Rhymes: -ana Syllabification: Ec‧ba‧ta‧na === Proper noun === Ecbatana f (historical) Ecbatana (the ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran)