Halicarnassus

American  

[hal-uh-kahr-nas-uhs] / ˌhæl ə kɑrˈnæs əs /

noun

1. an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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Halicarnassus British  

/ ˌhælɪkɑːˈnæsəs /

noun

1. a Greek colony on the SW coast of Asia Minor: one of the major Hellenistic cities

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Other Word Forms

• Halicarnassean adjective
• Halicarnassian adjective

Example Sentences

Herodotus was an anthropological Autolycus, a spinner of yarns from Halicarnassus, a Greek colony in Asia Minor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The answer might lie on the dusty surface of the Halicarnassus relief.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

“His specialty was actually working on sculpture from ancient Halicarnassus in modern day Turkey. And the modern name of that place is Bodrum.”

From BBC • May 27, 2024

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the first century BC scholar, called Homer the source from which every sea, every fountain, every river flows.

From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2019

It was a practical expression of the self-aggrandizing impulse that inspired other megastructures in the new Hellenistic kingdoms, such as the renovated Temple of Apollo at Didyma, or the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro