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THEBAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Theban" is a kind of...):

Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)

Holonyms ("Theban" is a member of...):

Thebes (an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Theban" is a kind of...):

Egyptian (a native or inhabitant of Egypt)

Holonyms ("Theban" is a member of...):

Thebes (an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Thebes (an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its people or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Thebes (an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs)

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