Susa

From Latin Sūsa, from Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa), from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (çūšā), from Elamite 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗 (šušen). Doublet of Sus and Shush.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːzə/

Susa

2. (historical) An ancient city, which became the capital of Elam, the Persian Empire, the Seleucid Empire and the Parthian Empire, now known as Shush in modern-day Khuzestan Province, Iran.

• Susian

• SAUs, Suas, USSA

From Latin Segūsiō.

Susa f

1. a small town in Torino, Piedmont, Italy
2. Sousse (a city in Tunisia)

From Ancient Greek Σοῦσα (Soûsa).

Sūsa n pl (genitive Sūsōrum); second declension

1. (historical) Susa (a former city in Iran)

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, plural only.

• “Susa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Susa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Old Persian 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠 (Çūšā).

Susa

1. (historical) Susa (a former city in Iran)