Pergamon

Proper noun

Meaning

Pergamon

Alternative form of Pergamum

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

As prices rose for papyrus and the reed used for making it was over-harvested towards local extinction in the two nomes of the Nile delta that produced it, Pergamon adapted by increasing use of parchment. Source: Internet

Division of the empire main Kingdoms of the Diadochi in 281 BC: the Ptolemaic Kingdom (dark blue), the Seleucid Empire (yellow), Kingdom of Pergamon (orange), and Kingdom of Macedon (green). Source: Internet

Murad III had also two large alabaster Hellenistic urns transported from Pergamon and placed on two sides of the nave. Source: Internet

A similar rendering is also found at the great altar of Zeus at Pergamon from the second century BCE. Source: Internet

Coordinate Systems and Map Projections, second edition, second printing, p. 431. Oxford: Pergamon Press. Source: Internet

Gas turbine aero-thermodynamics : with special reference to aircraft propulsion Sir Frank Whittle, Pergamon Press Ltd. 1981, ISBN 9780080267197. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pergamenous pergamentaceous Pergamese Pergamos Pergamum Pergamus