panticapaeum

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Definition of panticapaeum in English English dictionary

An important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion) from Scythian *Panti-kapa (“fish-path”).