Abila

See also: abila and abilă

English

Proper noun

Abila

1. An ancient city in the Decapolis, situated between Gadara and Capitolias in modern Jordan.

Anagrams

• Alabi, baila, labia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄβιλα (Ábila).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.la/, [ˈäbɪɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.la/, [ˈäːbilä]

Proper noun

Abila f sg (genitive Abilae); first declension

1. Abila (an ancient city in the Decapolis, in modern Jordan)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Abila
Genitive	Abilae
Dative	Abilae
Accusative	Abilam
Ablative	Abilā
Vocative	Abila
Locative	Abilae

Derived terms

• Abilēnus

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.laː/, [ˈäbɪɫ̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.la/, [ˈäːbilä]

Proper noun

Abilā f

1. ablative of Abila

References

• “Abila”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Abila in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.