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Edessa

[ ih-des-uh ]

noun

  1. an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.


Edessa

/ ɪˈdɛsə /

noun

  1. an ancient city on the N edge of the Syrian plateau, founded as a Macedonian colony by Seleucus I: a centre of early Christianity Modern nameUrfa
  2. a market town in Greece: ancient capital of Macedonia. Pop (municipality): 25 729 (2001) Ancient nameAegaeˈiːɡiː Modern Greek nameÉdhessa
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • E·dessan E·des·sene [ih-, des, -een], adjective
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Example Sentences

The most famous ones are the Mandylion of Edessa, the Veronica and the Shroud of Turin.

But men of Assyria carried his body into Mesopotamia, into the city of Edessa; and, afterwards, he was brought thither again.

After visiting Amid (Diarbekr) he proceeded to Edessa, and there settled and spent the last ten years of his life.

Under its auspices the college at Edessa, with several connected schools, arose.

Abgarus, king of Edessa, hearing of his works, sent for him.

It had been provoked by the fall of Edessa to the Moslems in 1144.

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