Heliopolis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/ === Proper noun === Heliopolis (historical) The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt. Synonyms: (its name in Ancient Egypt) Iunu, Iwnw, (Coptic) On, Awen, Heliopolis in Augustamnica (historical) An ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Baalbek. Synonyms: Heliopolis Syriaca, Heliopolis in Syra, Heliopolis in Coelosyria, Heliopolis in Phoenicia A suburb of Cairo, Egypt. A suburb of Athens, Greece. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Heliopolis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heː.liˈɔ.pɔ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.liˈɔː.po.lis] === Proper noun === Hēliopolis f sg (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension Heliopolis (an ancient city in Lower Egypt, near modern Cairo, Egypt) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only. The inflected forms Hēliopoleos, Hēliopolios, and Hēliopolin are only attested postclassically. === References === “Heliopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Heliopolis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.