THEBES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thebes mean? 

• THEBES (noun)
  The noun THEBES has 2 senses:

1. an ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs

2. an ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC

  Familiarity information: THEBES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEBES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ancient Egyptian city on the Nile River that flourished from the 22nd century BC to the 18th century BC; today the archeological remains include many splendid temples and tombs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Thebes"):

Theban (an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes)

Holonyms ("Thebes" is a part of...):

Arab Republic of Egypt; Egypt; United Arab Republic (a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An ancient Greek city in Boeotia destroyed by Alexander the Great in 336 BC

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Meronyms (members of "Thebes"):

Theban (a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes)

Holonyms ("Thebes" is a part of...):

Boeotia (a district of ancient Greece to the northwest of Athens)