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- A city of ancient Media on the site of present-day Hamadan in western Iran. It was captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 BC and plundered by Alexander, Seleucus I, and Antiochus III.
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- proper noun historical Ancient city in
Iran on the site of modern Hamadan. The capital ofMedia and subsequently a royal residence ofPersian andParthian kings.
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Examples
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Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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Now Arphaxad king of the Medes had brought many nations under his dominions, and he built a very strong city, which he called Ecbatana,
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 18: Judith The Challoner Revision
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And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 15: 1 Esdras The Challoner Revision
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And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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(Ezra 6: 2), called Ecbatana by classical writers, the capital of northern Media.
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Gaza, Gazaca, or Canzaca, is thought to have also been called Ecbatana, and to have been occasionally mistaken by the Greeks for the southern or real capital.
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"Ecbatana"], in the palace that is in the province of the Medes "
Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897
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Alexander set out from Ecbatana after Darius with a strong but fast-moving force of cavalry and infantry.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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