Associations to the word «Halicarnassus»

Wiktionary

HALICARNASSUS, proper noun. Ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia

Dictionary definition

HALICARNASSUS, noun. An ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus.

Wise words

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