Mopsuestia

English

Etymology

From Latin Mopsuestia, from Ancient Greek Μοψουεστία (Mopsouestía), from Μόψου ἑστία (Mópsou hestía, “the house of Mopsus”).

Proper noun

Mopsuestia

1. an ancient city in Cilicia on the Pyramus River (now Ceyhan River) located east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey)

Translations

ancient city

• Armenian: Մսիս (Msis)
• French: Mopsuestie
• Greek: Μοψουεστία (Mopsouestía)
• Latin: Mopsuestia, Mopsuhestia