Granicus

[ gruh-nahy-kuhs ]

noun

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

Granicus

/ ɡrəˈnaɪkəs /

noun

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

Example Sentences

After accounting for listings featured on multiple sites, Granicus found 13,919 unique rentals, a number that includes both entire homes and home-sharing.

From Voice of San Diego

Granicus scraped about 50 websites where vacation rentals are advertised and found 16,361 listings in the city as of mid-January.

From Voice of San Diego

The first data set obtained by VOSD comes from Granicus, formerly known as Host Compliance, which the city once paid to help it track down rental operators who weren’t paying hotel taxes.

From Voice of San Diego

Bob Ainsbury is chief product officer of Granicus, a provider of cloud-based citizen engagement technologies and services.

From Fortune

In spite of the size of the Persian army, which was much larger than his own, Alexander won a complete victory at the Granicus.

From Project Gutenberg

The same Isaac or Isac was sometimes rendered sacus, and supposed to have been a son of the river Granicus.

From Project Gutenberg

Alexander having conquered the Persians at the battle of the Granicus, marched towards Sardis.

From Project Gutenberg

Alexander enters upon the conquest of Persia; he is victorious over Darius at the Granicus.

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Captain Wise, of the Granicus, waited until all the ships had taken their stations.

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