Melitene

From Latin Melitene, from Ancient Greek Μελιτηνή (Melitēnḗ). Doublet of Malatya.

Melitene

1. (historical) Former name of Malatya, a city in Turkey.

• melenite

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελιτηνή (Melitēnḗ).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /me.liˈteː.neː/, [mɛlʲɪˈt̪eːneː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.liˈte.ne/, [meliˈt̪ɛːne]

Melitēnē f sg (genitive Melitēnēs); first declension

1. A city in the eastern part of Cappadocia, now Malatya

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• Melitene in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Melitene”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly