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Pergamum
[ pur-guh-muhm ]
noun
- an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- the ancient capital of this kingdom; now the site of Bergama, in W Turkey.
- ancient name of Bergama.
Pergamum
/ ˈpɜːɡəməm /
noun
- an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Mysia: capital of a major Hellenistic monarchy of the same name that later became a Roman province
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Other Words From
- Per·ga·mene [pur, -g, uh, -meen], Per·gam·ic [per-, gam, -ik], adjective
- Perga·meni·an adjective noun
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Example Sentences
Soon afterwards the country was incorporated into the Syrian empire and then into the kingdom of Pergamum.
The Pergamum overcomer is wooed away from intimacy of friendship with evil to intimacy of friendship with the coming King.
In Aeolis, of course, the centre of gravity moved to the Attalid capital, Pergamum.
The sculptors of Pergamum constituted a celebrated school in the third century before our era.
Just as we speak of Russia leather, so the ancients spoke of Pergamum skins, or parchment.
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