Pergamum

[pur-guh-muh m]

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 formsPer·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 pergamos

Historical Examples of pergamos

This may ye se in the epistles of the churche of Pergamos and Thiatira.
A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful
Peter Martyr
Galen of Pergamos: an eminent physician of the time of Trajan.
The Browning Cyclopdia
Edward Berdoe
The town subsists at this day, and retains the name of Pergamos.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence
Cornelius Tacitus
Plutarch assures us, that the library at Pergamos contained two hundred thousand volumes.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence
Cornelius Tacitus
Here the divine Priest stands in a judicial attitude with respect to His house at Pergamos.
Notes on the Book of Leviticus
C. H. Mackintosh

British Dictionary definitions for pergamos

Pergamum

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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