Heliopolis

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal.

• IPA^(key): /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/[1]

Heliopolis

1. (historical) Iunu or On, the capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt in antiquity, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo.
2. (historical) The city now known as Baalbek, Lebanon.
3. A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
4. A suburb of Athens, Greece.

• (Ancient Egyptian city): Iunu, Iwnw, On, Awen, Heliopolis in Augustamnica
• (Ancient Syrian city): Heliopolis Syriaca, Heliopolis in Syra, Heliopolis in Coelosyria, Heliopolis in Phoenicia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”).

Hēliopolis f (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension

1. Heliopolis (city in Ancient Egypt)

Third declension, with locative.

The inflected forms Hēliopoleos, Hēliopolios, and Hēliopolin are only attested postclassically.

• Heliopolis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Heliopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette