The ancient capital of empire, Parthia and later of the Sassanid empire, Persian Empire, on the Tigris (river) near city, Baghdad in present-day Iraq (country), abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
Origin
From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν.
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