Taxila

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Taxila m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain metalmarks.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Ditrysia - suborder; Rhopalocera - infraorder; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Riodinidae - family; Nemeobiinae - subfamily; Nemeobiini - tribe; Abisarina - subtribe

• (genus): Taxila dora, Taxila haquinus (species)

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Ultimately from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā) through Ancient Greek Τάξιλα (Táxila).

Taxila

1. (historical) An ancient city in what is now northern Pakistan, situated at the junction of three major ancient trade routes and possibly dating from before the 8th century BCE.
2. A modern town and archaeological site at that location.
3. A tehsil (sub-division), headquartered in the town, of the Rawalpindi District of Punjab province, Pakistan.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τάξιλα (Táxila), itself from Sanskrit तक्षशिला (takṣaśilā).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si.la/, [ˈt̪äks̠ɪɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.si.la/, [ˈt̪äksilä]

Taxila f sg (genitive Taxilae); first declension

1. An ancient city in India, situated between the rivers Indus and Hydaspes

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Taxilla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Taxila”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly