Médie atropatène

French

Alternative forms

  • Médie Atropatène (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Mēdia Atropatēna (literally “Atropatian Media”).

Proper noun

Médie atropatène f

  1. synonym of Médie atropatienne
    • 1873, Tinco Martinus Lycklama à Nijeholt, Voyage en Russie, au Caucase et en Perse, volume 2, page 87:
      Sa situation actuelle justifierait encore cette dénomination, placée qu’elle est sur la limite de l’Aderbeidjân et de l’Irak-Adjémi, c’est-à-dire de la Médie atropatène et de la contrée qui formait la Médie propre et une portion de la Parthide.
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Usage notes

In modern French, the region is correctly written Médie atropatène, with only Médie capitalized, the adjective atropatène being located after the proper noun. In the Latin Mēdia Atropatēna, Atropatēna is an adjective (the feminine of Atropatēnus).

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