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Halicarnassus

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Noun

1. halicarnassus

an ancient Greek city on the southwestern coast of Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; site of the mausoleum at Halicarnassus

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Halicarnassus

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noun
a Greek colony on the SW coast of Asia Minor: one of the major Hellenistic cities

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Halicarnassus

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ancient city in SW Asia Minor, on the Aegean: site of the Mausoleum

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Halicarnassus

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An ancient Greek city of southwest Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea in present-day Turkey. In the fourth century BC. Queen Artemisia built a magnificent tomb here for her husband, King Mausolus. His mausoleum was considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

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