Gedrosia

English

Etymology

From Latin from Ancient Greek Γεδρωσία (Gedrōsía).

Proper noun

Gedrosia

1. (historical) The Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to contemporary Makran.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γεδρωσία (Gedrōsía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈdroː.si.a/, [ɡɛˈd̪roːs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈdro.si.a/, [d͡ʒeˈd̪rɔːs̬iä]

Proper noun

Gedrōsia f sg (genitive Gedrōsiae); first declension

1. An ancient district of South Asia, in modern Pakistan and Iran, bounded on the east by the Indus and on the west by Carmania and approximately corresponding to modern Makran.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gedrōsia
genitive	Gedrōsiae
dative	Gedrōsiae
accusative	Gedrōsiam
ablative	Gedrōsiā
vocative	Gedrōsia

References

• Gedrosia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Gedrosia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly