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THEBES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (members of "Thebes"):
Theban (a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes)
Holonyms ("Thebes" is a part of...):
Boeotia (a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens)
Sense 2
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (members of "Thebes"):
Theban (an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes)
Holonyms ("Thebes" is a part of...):
Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)
