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Ec⋅bat⋅a⋅na

  [ek-bat-n-uh]
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–noun
ancient name of Hamadan.

Ham⋅a⋅dan

  [ham-uh-dan; Pers. ha-ma-dahn]
–noun
a city in W Iran. 124,379.
Ancient, Ecbatana.

Me⋅di⋅a

  [mee-dee-uh]
–noun
an ancient country in W Asia, S of the Caspian Sea, corresponding generally to NW Iran. Capital: Ecbatana.
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Ec·ba·ta·na   (ěk-bāt'n-ə)   
A city of ancient Media on the site of present-day Hamadan in western Iran. It was captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 B.C. and plundered by Alexander, Seleucus I, and Antiochus III.
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Word Origin & History

media 
"newspapers, radio, TV, etc." 1927, perhaps abstracted from mass media (1923, a technical term in advertising), pl. of medium, on notion of "intermediate agency," a sense first found 1605.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: media
—see AERO-OTITIS MEDIA COLICA MEDIA, OTITIS MEDIA, SCALAMEDIA, SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA
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Medical Dictionary

media 2
n.
The tunica media.

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Science Dictionary
medium   (mē'dē-əm)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural media

  1. A substance, such as agar, in which bacteria or other microorganisms are grown for scientific purposes.

  2. A substance that makes possible the transfer of energy from one location to another, especially through waves. For example, matter of sufficient density can be a medium for sound waves, which transfer mechanical energy. See more at wave.


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Bible Dictionary

Ecbatana

(Ezra 6:2 marg.). (See ACHMETHA.)

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Encyclopedia

Ecbatana

ancient city on the site of which stands the modern city of Hamadan (q.v.), Iran. Ecbatana was the capital of Media and was subsequently the summer residence of the Achaemenian kings and one of the residences of the Parthian kings. According to ancient Greek writers, the city was founded in about 678 BC by the semilegendary Deioces, who was the first king of the Medes. The Greek historian Herodotus described the city in the 5th century BC as being surrounded by seven concentric walls. Ecbatana was captured from the Median ruler Astyages by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 550 BC, and it was taken from the last Achaemenian ruler by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. The site of the ancient city lies partly within the modern city of Hamadan and has never been excavated

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