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Granicus

American  
[gruh-nahy-kuhs] / grəˈnaɪ kəs /

noun

  1. a river in NW Turkey, flowing N to the Sea of Marmara: battle 334 b.c. 45 miles (70 km) long.


Granicus British  
/ ɡrəˈnaɪkəs /

noun

  1. an ancient river in NW Asia Minor where Alexander the Great won his first major battle against the Persians (334 bc )

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A representative for the air quality district told the television station the issue was related to their web-hosting partner, Granicus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

Granicus told the news station that it is “aware of reports regarding illicit content being uploaded through government websites. Among the government agencies mentioned in these reports, a small subset are Granicus customers.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

Still, one company that offers request processing software, Granicus, said it has seen a 62 percent increase in the number of K-12 school districts signing up for its product since 2020.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023

Alexander’s victory at Granicus alarmed the Persian king, Darius III. Vowing to crush the invaders, he raised a huge army of between 50,000 and 75,000 men to face the Macedonians near Issus.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Mena, the Egyptian, had found a good excuse for remaining in Athens during the fighting, but after the battle of the Granicus Phradates had summoned him to Halicarnassus.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Robert H. Fuller

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