Hecatompylus

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than traditional four gates.

Proper noun

Hecatompylus

(historical) City of Qumis in modern Iran; Shahr-e Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.

Translations

city in Qumis, Persia

Greek:
Ancient: Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos)

Persian: شهر قومس‎‎ (šahr-e qumes), صددروازه‎‎ (saddarvâze)

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