Eboracum

[ eb-uh-rey-kuhm ]

/ ˌɛb əˈreɪ kəm /

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noun

ancient name of York, England.

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Words nearby Eboracum

Ebonji, ebony, ebony spleenwort, e-book, Ebor., Eboracum, éboulement, ebracteate, EBRD, Ebro, EbS

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How to use Eboracum in a sentence

Amongst others, the free inhabitants of Eboracum and Verulamium enjoyed the coveted rights of Roman citizenship.
The Towns of Roman Britain|James Oliver Bevan
Teste me ipso apud Eboracum, v die Marcii, anno regni nostri duodecimo.
The Grey Friars in Oxford|Andrew G. Little
He was the son of Constantius Chlorus, and was with him at Eboracum at the time of his death, and there assumed the purple.
The Coinages of the Channel Islands|B. Lowsley
Constantius, a man of the greatest humanity, having conquered Allectus, died at Eboracum in the sixteenth year of his reign.
Old English Chronicles|Various

Two hundred years is a considerable length of time, even in the history of a nation, and much happened in Eboracum in that while.
The Great North Road: York to Edinburgh|Charles G. Harper

British Dictionary definitions for Eboracum

Eboracum

/ (iːˈbɒrəkəm, ˌiːbɔːˈrɑːkəm) /

noun

the Roman name for York 1 (def. 1)

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