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.
noun
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 bc Modern Greek name Voiotia
noun
1.
(astronomy) an inner satellite of Jupiter discovered in 1979
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