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Decapolitan.

Of or relating to the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria)

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Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Of or relating to the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria)

  2. Of or relating to the Decapolis (an alliance of ten free imperial cities in Alsace within the Holy Roman Empire (now in Grand Est, France) from 1354 to 1678)

Where this word comes from

From Latin Decapolitānus, from Decapolis + -ītānus.

noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria)

  2. A native or inhabitant of the Decapolis (an alliance of ten free imperial cities in Alsace within the Holy Roman Empire (now in Grand Est, France) from 1354 to 1678)

Where this word comes from

From Latin Decapolitānus, from Decapolis + -ītānus.

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