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Granicus.

A river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III

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name/ɡɹəˈnaɪkəs/
  1. A river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III

Where this word comes from

From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

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