Hippo Regius

[ hip-oh ree-jee-uhs ]

noun

1. a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.

Hippo Regius

/ ˈhɪpəʊ ˈriːdʒɪəs /

noun

1. an ancient Numidian city, adjoining present-day Annaba, Algeria Often shortened toHippo

Example Sentences

Augustine, the brilliant youth of Hippo Regius in Africa, will serve as an instance of what the issue then had been.

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Hippo Regius, the see of Augustine himself, was on the coast of Numidia.

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There is a country-seat called Victoriana, less than thirty miles from Hippo-regius.

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But an opposing wind brought him back, much against his will, into the harbour of Hippo Regius.

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