Paropamisadae

• Paropanisadae

From Latin Paropamisadae, from Ancient Greek Παροπαμισάδαι (Paropamisádai), from Old Persian *Para-uparisaina (“beyond higher than the eagle”).

Paropamisadae pl (plural only)

1. (historical demography) The people of Paropamisus in ancient Afghanistan.

Paropamisadae

1. (historical) Synonym of Paropamisus.

• Paropanisadae

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Παροπαμισάδαι (Paropamisádai), from Old Persian *Para-uparisaina (“beyond higher than the eagle”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.rɔ.paˈmɪ.sa.dae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.ro.paˈmiː.s̬a.de]

Paropamisadae

1. (historical demography) the people of Paropamisus in ancient Afghanistan
2. (historical) synonym of Paropamisus itself

• “Paropamisadae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly