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Ctesiphon.

An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.

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name/ˈtɛsɪfɒn/Received-Pronunciation/ˈtɛsɪfɑn/US/kəˈtɛs-/US/-səf-/US
  1. An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.

    historical
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From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn).

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