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  • proper noun Alternative form of Pergamum.

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek Πέργαμον.

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Examples

  • Quite literally an Island of Museums -- a.k.a. an art nerd's paradise -- the collections are a highlight reel from Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Great Altar of Pergamon, the monumental Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Queen Nefertiti spotlit in all her glory, and the like.

    Rebecca Taylor: Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities Rebecca Taylor 2010

  • Quite literally an Island of Museums -- a.k.a. an art nerd's paradise -- the collections are a highlight reel from Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Great Altar of Pergamon, the monumental Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Queen Nefertiti spotlit in all her glory, and the like.

    Rebecca Taylor: Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities Rebecca Taylor 2010

  • Quite literally an Island of Museums -- a.k.a. an art nerd's paradise -- the collections are a highlight reel from Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Great Altar of Pergamon, the monumental Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Queen Nefertiti spotlit in all her glory, and the like.

    Rebecca Taylor: Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities Rebecca Taylor 2010

  • Quite literally an Island of Museums -- a.k.a. an art nerd's paradise -- the collections are a highlight reel from Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Great Altar of Pergamon, the monumental Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Queen Nefertiti spotlit in all her glory, and the like.

    Rebecca Taylor: Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities Rebecca Taylor 2010

  • Quite literally an Island of Museums -- a.k.a. an art nerd's paradise -- the collections are a highlight reel from Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Great Altar of Pergamon, the monumental Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Queen Nefertiti spotlit in all her glory, and the like.

    Rebecca Taylor: Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities Rebecca Taylor 2010

  • Quite literally an Island of Museums -- a.k.a. an art nerd's paradise -- the collections are a highlight reel from Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Great Altar of Pergamon, the monumental Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Queen Nefertiti spotlit in all her glory, and the like.

    Rebecca Taylor: Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities Rebecca Taylor 2010

  • Stylish Decrepitude The Pergamon Museum, finished in 1930, is one of Berlin's leading tourist attractions.

    Kreuzberg Bellyaches Over Kebab Tourism J. S. Marcus 2011

  • In order to pass its last year of decrepitude in style, the museum is opening a suitably enormous show next week about the ancient city of Pergamon, featuring a panorama recreation of the city itself.

    Kreuzberg Bellyaches Over Kebab Tourism J. S. Marcus 2011

  • He had found parts of the Pergamon that I hadn't, and vice-versa; in the end I wish I had been able to spend more time there.

    Berlin da_lj 2010

  • Quite literally an Island of Museums -- a.k.a. an art nerd's paradise -- the collections are a highlight reel from Gardner's Art through the Ages: The Great Altar of Pergamon, the monumental Ishtar Gate of Babylon, Queen Nefertiti spotlit in all her glory, and the like.

    Rebecca Taylor: Los Angeles and Berlin: Sister Cities Rebecca Taylor 2010

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