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Decapolis

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Meaning

  1. An alliance of ten free imperial cities in Alsace within the Holy Roman Empire (now in Grand Est, France) from 1354 to 1678.
  2. A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from Latin Decapolis, from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

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