Decapolis

See also: Decápolis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Proper noun

Decapolis

  1. A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Jordan, Syria, and Palestine.

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