Susa

See also: susa, súsa, suša, Şuşa, and sus'a

English

Etymology

From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsuːzə/

Proper noun

Susa

  1. (historical) the capital of Elam, and a capital/major city in later Achaemenid, Seleucid, and Parthian empires, located on the site of present day Shush, Iran.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Segūsiō.

Proper noun

Susa f

  1. A small town in the Torino province of Piemonte
  2. Sousse (city in Tunisia)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Proper noun

Sūsa f (genitive Sūsae); first declension

  1. Susa (ancient capital of Elam, in modern Iran)

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Sūsa
Genitive Sūsae
Dative Sūsae
Accusative Sūsam
Ablative Sūsā
Vocative Sūsa
Locative Sūsae

References
  • Susa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Susa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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