"Μηδία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Μηδία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /mɛː.dí.aː/, /miˈði.a/, /miˈði.a/, /mɛː.dí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝ˈdi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈði.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈði.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈði.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Μῆδος (Mêdos, “Mede”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|Μῆδος|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=Mede}} Μῆδος (Mêdos, “Mede”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Μηδῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=Μηδῐ́ᾱ}} Μηδῐ́ᾱ • (Mēdĭ́ā) f (genitive Μηδῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Μηδῐ́ᾱ|ᾱς|form=S}} Forms: Μηδῐ́ᾱ [canonical], Mēdĭ́ā [romanization], Μηδῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Μηδῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τῆς Μηδῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τῇ Μηδῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τὴν Μηδῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], Μηδῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative]
  1. Media (a geographic region and ancient satrapy of the Persian Empire in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes) Categories (place): Places in Iran
    Sense id: en-Μηδία-grc-name-6FvgLZxv Categories (other): Ancient Near East, Former political divisions, Geographic and cultural areas of Iran, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine proper nouns in the first declension: 61 39 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 38
  2. Media (a possible ancient kingdom ruled by the Medes from approximately 700 to 550 BCE, whose extent and sometimes even existence is debated)
    Sense id: en-Μηδία-grc-name-rBXxODWY Categories (other): Former polities
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Μηδῐκός (Mēdĭkós)
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      "ipa": "/mɛː.dí.aː/",
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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