Philippopolis
Americannoun
noun
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Venues will include Wittenberg in Germany, the Roman theatres of Philippopolis in Bulgaria and Heraclea in Macedonia, the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington and the Mayan ruins of Copan in Honduras.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2014
The population of Philippopolis was estimated at about sixty thousand, of whom twenty thousand were Bulgarians, sixteen thousand Mohammedans, fourteen thousand Greeks, and five thousand Jews.
From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson
Certain European representatives at Philippopolis are always threatening this, and the people believe that they are intriguing to bring it about.
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
At first the uprising attracted little attention; it had occurred down in southern Rumania, not far from Philippopolis.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill
Two German schools, one in Sofia and the other in Philippopolis, were the centres whence it was radiated to the ends of the land.
From England and Germany by William Morris Hughes
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