Pasargadae

[ puh-sahr-guh-dee ]

noun
  1. an ancient ruined city in S Iran, NE of Persepolis: an early capital of ancient Persia; tomb of Cyrus the Great.

Words Nearby Pasargadae

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use Pasargadae in a sentence

  • To meet the costs of government and the army, Cyrus collected a large treasure, which he deposited in his palace at Pasargadae.

  • My old nurse, Stephanion, whom my father brought a captive from Sinope to Pasargadae.

  • Curtius tells us that 6,000 talents were captured at Pasargadae.

    The Anabasis of Alexander | Arrian of Nicomedia
  • Meanwhile Cyrus and Oebares after a brave struggle had been compelled to retire to Pasargadae.

  • Defeated again and again, the Persians in their last refuge at Pasargadae are reduced to the greatest distress.

British Dictionary definitions for Pasargadae

Pasargadae

/ (pæˈsɑːɡəˌdiː) /


noun
  1. an ancient city in Persia, northeast of Persepolis in present-day Iran: built by Cyrus the Great

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012