Definition of Hippo Regius

1. Noun. An ancient Numidian town in northwestern Africa adjoining present-day Annaba in northeastern Algeria.

Exact synonyms: Hippo
Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Algeria, Algerie, Democratic And Popular Republic Of Algeria

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippo Regius

Hindustanis
Hines-Brown test
Hingham
Hinglish
Hinman
Hinman syndrome
Hinomaru
Hintikka set
Hintikkian
Hinton
Hinton test
Hipparchus
Hippeastrum puniceum
Hippel
Hippelates
Hippo Regius (current term)
Hippobosca equina
Hippoboscidae
Hippocastanaceae
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos
Hippocratic
Hippocratic oath
Hippocratic oaths
Hippocratism
Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Hippodamia
Hippodamia convergens
Hippoglossoides

Literary usage of Hippo Regius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sketches of the History of Christian Art by Alexander Crawford Lindsay Crawford (1885)
"And at that very hour Augustine, bishop of Hippo Regius, was sitting in his cell, meditating a treatise on the beatific vision, and had begun an epistle to ..."

2. Augustine: The Thinker by George Wilbur Osmun (1906)
"Hippo Regius. IN the Church of Augustine's day, formalities were not always observed in the matter of selecting ministers. ..."

3. Letters from the South by Thomas Campbell (1837)
"... to Bona—Description of Bona by Leo—Ruins of the ancient Hippo Regius—The river ... Hippo Regius ..."

4. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"The old Hippo Regius was finally destroyed by the Arabs in the seventh century ; but a new town, at the distance of two miles ..."

5. History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson (1889)
"... Hippo Regius, Carthage, Hadrumetum, Leptis Minor, Leptis Major, and Thapsus ;—in Sicily, Motya, ..."

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