Decapolis

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Decapolis, from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

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