"Ecbatana" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɛkˈbætənə/
Etymology: From Latin Ecbatana, from Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), from Old Iranian; see Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna) for more. Doublet of Hamadan. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Ecbatana}} Latin Ecbatana, {{der|en|grc|Ἐκβάτανα}} Ancient Greek Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana), {{der|en|ira-old}} Old Iranian, {{cog|peo|𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴|tr=Hangmatāna}} Old Persian 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (Hangmatāna), {{doublet|en|Hamadan}} Doublet of Hamadan Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ecbatana
  1. (historical) The ancient capital of Media, in modern-day Iran, and subsequently a royal residence of Persian and Parthian kings. Wikipedia link: Ecbatana Tags: historical Categories (place): Ancient settlements, Historical capitals, Places in Iran Related terms: Hamadan Translations (capital of Media): 𒆳𒀀𒃵𒋫𒉡 (ᵏᵘʳA-gam-ta-nu) (Akkadian), Ἐκβάτανα (Ekbátana) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), Ἀγβάτανα (Agbátana) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), אַחְמְתָא (Aramaic), Եկբատան (Ekbatan) (Armenian), Ekbatana [neuter] (German), אחמתא (akhmetá) [masculine] (Hebrew), Ecbatana [feminine] (Latin), Ecbatanas (Latin), Ecbatanis Partiorum (Latin), 𐭠𐭧𐭬𐭲𐭠𐭭 (Ahmadān) (Middle Persian), Եկբատան (Ekbatan) (Old Armenian), Ահմատան (Ahmatan) (Old Armenian), 𐏃𐎥𐎶𐎫𐎠𐎴 (alt: Ha(n)gmatāna) (Old Persian), 𐭀𐭇𐭌𐭕𐭍 (alt: ʾhmtn [Ahmadān]) (Parthian), هگمتانه (hegmatâne) (Persian), Ecbátana (Portuguese), Э̀кбата́на (Èkbatána) [feminine] (Russian), Э̀кба́таны (Èkbátany) [archaic, plural] (Russian), Екба́таны (Jekbátany) [archaic, plural] (Russian), Ecbatana [feminine] (Spanish)
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.