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Pharsalia

[ fahr-sey-lee-uh, -seyl-yuh ]

/ fɑrˈseɪ li ə, -ˈseɪl yə /

noun

a district in ancient Greece whose chief city was Pharsalus.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Pharsalia

Phar·sa·li·an, adjective

Words nearby Pharsalia

Pharm.D., pharming, Pharm.M., Pharos, Pharr, Pharsalia, Pharsalus, pharyng-, pharyngalgia, pharyngeal, pharyngeal arch

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Example sentences from the Web for Pharsalia

After the battle of Pharsalia Caesar made him procurator and a Roman citizen.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4|Various
Late in the day the plain of Pharsalia was the scene of one vast wreck.
The Captain of the Janizaries|James M. Ludlow
Petra has been lost, and Pharsalia has been won, but there is no sign.
The Life of Cicero|Anthony Trollope
I'll strike at your faces like Csar's soldiers at Pharsalia.
The Red and the Black|Stendhal

Probably the boldest attempt to make epic of well-known, documented history is Lucan's Pharsalia.
The Epic|Lascelles Abercrombie

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