Pergamum

[ pur-guh-muh m ]

/ ˈpɜr gə məm /

noun

an ancient Greek kingdom on the coast of Asia Minor: later a Roman province.

the ancient capital of this kingdom; now the site of Bergama, in W Turkey.

ancient name of Bergama.

Also Per·ga·mon

[pur-guh-muh n, -mon] /ˈpɜr gə mən, -ˌmɒn/, Per·ga·mus

[pur-guh-muh s] /ˈpɜr gə məs/, Per·ga·mos

[pur-guh-muh s, -mos] /ˈpɜr gə məs, -ˌmɒs/.

Related forms

Per·ga·mene

[pur-guh-meen] /ˈpɜr gəˌmin/, Per·gam·ic

[per-gam-ik] /pərˈgæm ɪk/, adjectivePer·ga·me·ni·an, adjective, noun

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Examples from the Web for pergamon

But, if I mistake not, Roman architecture had received an influence from Pergamon long before this event occurred.
The Care of Books|John Willis Clark
Vitruvius, on the other hand (ut supra) makes Ptolemy found the library at Alexandria as a rival to that at Pergamon.
The Care of Books|John Willis Clark
A definite medical school was established at Alexandria and others perhaps at Pergamon and elsewhere.
The Legacy of Greece|Various
Next, to the south, was the Library—with stores of papyri worth more perhaps to the world than all the architecture of Pergamon.
Ancient Town-Planning|F. Haverfield

The Attalid kings, the founders of Pergamon, cared only for splendid buildings splendidly adorned.
Ancient Town-Planning|F. Haverfield

British Dictionary definitions for pergamon

Pergamum

/ (ˈpɜːɡəməm) /

noun

an ancient city in NW Asia Minor, in Mysia: capital of a major Hellenistic monarchy of the same name that later became a Roman province

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