"Decapolis" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Decapolis, from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|Decapolis}} Borrowed from Latin Decapolis, {{der|en|grc|Δεκάπολις}} Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Decapolis
  1. A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria. Translations (ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire): Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Décapole [feminine] (French), Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis) [feminine] (Greek), Decapoli [feminine] (Italian), Decapolis [feminine] (Latin), Dekapol [masculine] (Polish), Decápole [feminine] (Portuguese), Decápolis [feminine] (Portuguese)

Proper name [Latin]

IPA: [dɛˈka.pɔ.lɪs] [Classical-Latin], [deˈkaː.po.lis] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|la|grc|Δεκάπολις}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Decapolis<3>|gen_sg=Decapolis}} Decapolis f sg (genitive Decapolis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Decapolis<3>|gen_sg=Decapolis}} Forms: Decapolis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Decapolis [nominative, singular], Decapolis [genitive, singular], Decapolī [dative, singular], Decapolim [accusative, singular], Decapolin [accusative, singular], Decapolī [ablative, singular], Decapolis [singular, vocative], Decapolī [singular, vocative], Decapolī [locative, singular]
  1. Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria) Tags: declension-3, feminine, singular
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