Edessa

American  

[ih-des-uh] / ɪˈdɛs ə /

noun

1. an ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the modern site of Urfa: an early center of Christianity; the capital of a principality under the Crusaders.

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Edessa British  

/ ɪˈdɛsə /

noun

1. Modern name: Urfa.  an ancient city on the N edge of the Syrian plateau, founded as a Macedonian colony by Seleucus I: a centre of early Christianity

2. Ancient name: Aegae.  Modern Greek name: Édhessa.  a market town in Greece: ancient capital of Macedonia. Pop (municipality): 25 729 (2001)

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Other Word Forms

• Edessan adjective
• Edessene adjective

Example Sentences

I tried Turkish coffee for the first time at the Kurdish restaurant Edessa’s, where saffron rice was called “yellow rice.”

From Los Angeles Times

The agency said the truck was stopped Monday on a secondary road near the northern town of Edessa.

From Seattle Times

He says that a Jewish merchant from Edessa bought the metal and required 900 camels to carry it off.

From Salon

St. Ephrem, in a time of pestilence, emerged from his solitude to found and superintend a hospital at Edessa.

From Project Gutenberg

And this applies, with stronger force, to the converts scattered from Edessa, east of the Euphrates, to the Empire’s westernmost limits in Britain.

From Project Gutenberg