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Halicarnassus.

An ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey.

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name/ˌhælɪkɑɹˈnæsəs/
  1. An ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey.

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Borrowed from Latin Halicarnassus, from Ancient Greek Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός (Halĭkarnāssós).

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