thebes

noun

1. an ancient city in Upper Egypt, on the Nile, whose ruins are located in the modern towns of Karnak and Luxor: a former capital of Egypt.
2. a city of ancient Greece, in Boeotia: a rival of ancient Athens.

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1. an aluminum coin and monetary unit of Botswana, the 100th part of a pula.

noun

1. a district in ancient Greece, NW of Athens. Capital: Thebes.

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) the chief city of Boeotia, destroyed by Alexander the Great (336 bc)
2. (in ancient Egypt) a city on the Nile: at various times capital of Upper Egypt or of the entire country

noun

1. a region of ancient Greece, northwest of Athens. It consisted of ten city-states, which formed the Boeotian League, led by Thebes: at its height in the 4th century bcModern Greek name: Voiotia

noun

1. astronomy an inner satellite of Jupiter discovered in 1979