Edessa

See also: edessä

English

Etymology

From Latin Edessa, from Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈdɛs.ə/

Proper noun

Edessa

1. A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia.
2. (chiefly historical) Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.

Synonyms

• (ancient Urfa): Antioch, Antioch on the Callirhoe, Urhay, Orhay

Derived terms

• Edessene, Edessan

Translations

city in Greece

• Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)
• Latin: Edessa f
• Macedonian: Воден m (Voden)
• Marathi: एधेसा (edhesā)

city in Mesopotamia — see also Sanliurfa

• Arabic: اَلرُّهَا f (ar-ruhā)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܐܘܪܗܝ f (ʾŌrhāy, Ūrhāy), ܐܕܡܐ (ʾAdmē)

• Old Armenian: Եդեսիա (Edesia)

  Armenian: Եդեսիա (Edesia), Էդեսսա (Ēdessa)

• Old Armenian: Ուռհայ (Uṙhay)

  Armenian: Ուռհա (Uṙha), Ուրֆա (Urfa), Ուրհա (Urha)

• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Ἔδεσσα f (Édessa)

  Modern Greek: Έδεσσα (el) f (Édessa)

• Latin: Edessa f
• Middle Persian: ʾlhʾy (Urhāy)
• Ottoman Turkish: ادسه (Edesa)
• Parthian: 𐭀𐭅𐭓𐭇𐭀𐭉 (Urhāy)

Anagrams

• seased, deases

Catalan

Proper noun

Edessa f

1. Edessa (a city in Greece)
2. Urfa (a city in Turkey)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [ɛˈd̪ɛs̠ːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈdes.sa/, [eˈd̪ɛsːä]

Proper noun

Edessa f sg (genitive Edessae); first declension

1. Urfa (a city in Turkey)
2. Edessa (a city in Greece)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Edessa
genitive	Edessae
dative	Edessae
accusative	Edessam
ablative	Edessā
vocative	Edessa
locative	Edessae

Descendants

• Catalan: Edessa
• English: Edessa

References

• “Edessa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Edessa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.