Ctesiphon
Ctesiphon was an ancient city in modern Iraq, on the eastern bank of the Tigris, about 35 kilometres southeast of Baghdad. Ctesiphon served as a royal capital of the Iranian empires for over eight hundred years, in the Parthian and Sasanian periods.
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- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (110 feet)
- Description: capital of the Iranian empire in the Parthian and Sasanian eras in present Iraq
- Also known as“Al-Mada’in”“Arch of Ctesiphon”“Mahoze”“Mahuza”“Mint of Ctesiphon”“Ţāq Kisrá”
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Ctesiphon
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Latitude
33.08333° or 33° 5′ north
Longitude
44.58333° or 44° 35′ east
Open location code
8H563HMM+88
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ctesiphon” goes by many names.
KtesifonAfrikaans
ΚτησιφῶνAncient Greek (to 1453)
تيسفونArabic
سپينArabic
سلوقية-قطيسفونArabic
طاق كسرىArabic
طيسفونArabic
قطسيفونArabic
قطيسفونArabic
قطيسنونArabic
ՏիզբոնArmenian
KtesifonAzerbaijani
MədainAzerbaijani
TizbonAzerbaijani
KtesifonBasque
КтэсіфонBelarusian
তিসফুনBengali
KtesifonBosnian
KtesiphonBreton
КтезифонBulgarian
КтесифонBulgarian
Al MadainCatalan
CtesifontCatalan
TaysafunCatalan
TyspwnCatalan
CtesiphonCebuano
تیسفۆنCentral Kurdish
克特西封Chinese
塞琉西亞-泰西封Chinese
泰西封Chinese
KtesifonCroatian
KtezifontCroatian
KtésifónCzech
CtesiphonDanish
KtesifonDanish
CtesifonDutch
CtesiphonDutch
KtesifonDutch
KtesiphonDutch
MadainDutch
قطيسفونEgyptian Arabic
KtesifonoEsperanto
KtesifontoEsperanto
Seleŭkio-KtesifonoEsperanto
KtesiphonEstonian
CtesiphonFinnish
KtesifonFinnish
CtesifonteGalician
ქტესიფონიGeorgian
ΚτησιφώνGreek
קטיספוןHebrew
קטסיפוןHebrew
क्टेसिफॉनHindi
तेसिफ़ोनHindi
CtesiphonHungarian
KteszifónHungarian
KtésziphónHungarian
KtezifonHungarian
MahuzaHungarian
CtesiphonIndonesian
TisfonIndonesian
CtesiphonIrish
CtesifonteItalian
クテシフォンJapanese
CtesiphonJavanese
ಟೆಸಿಫಾನ್Kannada
크테시폰Korean
TîsfûnKurdish
تیسفوونKurdish
CtesiphonLatin
KtēsifonaLatvian
KtesifonasLithuanian
KtesifônaMalagasy
TisfunMalay
സെലൂക്യാ-ക്ടെസിഫോൺMalayalam
تیسفونMazanderani
KtesifonNorwegian
CtesifonNorwegian Bokmål
CtesiphonNorwegian Bokmål
KtesifonNorwegian Bokmål
SeleuciaNorwegian Bokmål
Seleucia-CtesiphonNorwegian Bokmål
Seleukia-KtesifonNorwegian Bokmål
Selevkia-KtesifonNorwegian Bokmål
CtesifontOccitan (post 1500)
ܩܛܐܝܣܦܐܢOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܩܛܐܝܣܦܘܢOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܩܛܣܝܦܘܢOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
تیسفونPersian
سپين ـ زبان ساسPersian
طیسفونPersian
ماهوزهPersian
مدائنPersian
KtesifonPolish
KtezyfonPolish
KtezyfontPolish
تیسفونPushto
تېسیفونPushto
CtesiphonRomanian
КтесифонRussian
МадаинRussian
ТизбонRussian
CtesiphonScots
КтесифонSerbian
KtesifonSerbo-Croatian
KtezifontSerbo-Croatian
KtésifónSlovak
KtezifonSlovenian
تیسفونSouth Azerbaijani
KtesiphonSwahili
CtesiphonSwedish
KtesifonSwedish
CtesifonteTagalog
CtesiphonTagalog
ТайсафунTajik
ТисфунTatar
เทซีฟอนThai
El-MedainTurkish
KtesifonTurkish
MedainTurkish
MedayinTurkish
TizponTurkish
КтезифонUkrainian
КтесифонUkrainian
تیسفونUrdu
مدائنUrdu
KtesifonUzbek
CtesiphonVietnamese
CtesiphonWaray (Philippines)
CtesiphonWelsh
ՏիզբոնWestern Armenian
泰西封Wu Chinese
泰西封Yue Chinese
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