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Chalcedon

Chalcedon

See also: chalcedon

English

Proper noun

Chalcedon

an ancient maritime town of Bithynia, in Asia Minor, almost directly opposite Byzantium

Derived terms

Chalcedonian

Translations

town in Asia Minor

Armenian: Քաղկեդոն ‎(Kʿałkedon)
Old Armenian: Քաղկեդոն ‎(Kʿałkedon)
French: Chalcédoine (fr)
Georgian: ქალკედონი ‎(kalḳedoni)
German: Chalcedon
Greek: Χαλκηδόνα f ‎(Chalkidóna)
Ancient: Χαλκηδών f ‎(Khalkēdṓn)

Italian: Calcedonia (it)
Latin: Calchēdōn
Russian: Халкедон ‎(Xalkedon)
Spanish: Calcedón, Calcedonia

chalcedon

chalcedon

See also: Chalcedon

Czech

Noun

chalcedon m

chalcedony (form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence)