Heliopolis

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The ancient capital of the nome, 13th nome of Lower (region) Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern city, Cairo, Egypt (country); known in Ancient Egyptian as Iunu and in later Coptic as On.
• ancient city in modern Lebanon (country) .
• suburb city, Cairo Egypt (country).
• suburb city, Athens Greece (country).

Related

Similar words

• Iunu, Iwnw, On, Awen, Heliopolis in Augustamnica
• Heliopolis Syriaca, Heliopolis in Syra, Heliopolis in Coelosyria, Heliopolis in Phoenicia

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις ("sun"), from the important solar cults of [[Ra and Baal.