![[P]](http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium_mh.gif){kind=small}
Hal·i·car·nas·sus 
Audio Help [hal-uh-kahr-nas-uhs] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [hal-uh-kahr-nas-uhs] Pronunciation Key –noun
| an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. |
—Related forms
Hal·i·car·nas·si·an, Hal·i·car·nas·se·an, adjective
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
Halicarnassus
To learn more about Halicarnassus visit Britannica.com
| © 2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. |
| Hal·i·car·nas·sus
Audio Help (hāl'ĭ-kär-nās'əs) Pronunciation Key
An ancient Greek city of southwest Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. In the fourth century B.C. Queen Artemisia built a magnificent tomb here for her husband, King Mausolus. His mausoleum was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| halicarnassus | |
noun | |
| an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
View results from: Dictionary | Thesaurus | Encyclopedia | All Reference | the Web
Share This: 
Perform a new search, or try your search for "Halicarnassus" at:
- Amazon.com - Shop for books, music and more
- Reference.com - Encyclopedia Search
- Reference.com - Web Search powered by Ask.com
- Thesaurus.com - Search for synonyms and antonyms
