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ABYDOS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Abydos mean? 

ABYDOS (noun)
  The noun ABYDOS has 1 sense:

1. an ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander

  Familiarity information: ABYDOS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ABYDOS (noun)


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Meaning:

An ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)

Holonyms ("Abydos" is a part of...):

Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923)


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