Eboracum

[ eb-uh-rey-kuhm ]

noun

1. ancient name of York, England.

Eboracum

/ iːˈbɒrəkəm; ˌiːbɔːˈrɑːkəm /

noun

1. the Roman name for York 1

Example Sentences

The now-closed show at MoMA PS1 focused on the “history” of a land known as Novum Eboracum, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times

The cemetery they were buried in was once on the outskirts of Eboracum, a Roman legionary fortress and settlement that was one of the largest in Britain 1800 years ago.

From National Geographic

First the pounded earth, then the small stones, next the rubble, then the concrete, and last of all the pavement; here in Anderida, there across the swamps to Londinium, northwards through the fens to Eboracum--ten years of it.

From Project Gutenberg

It was midnight,—yet a light was burning in a small chamber situated in one of the narrowest and least frequented streets of Eboracum,—then the metropolis of the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Had he lived, he intended to extirpate the very name of the barbarians; but he died by the visitation of God, among the Brigantes, in the city of Eboracum.

From Project Gutenberg