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Definition of: Pentapolis
(pen·tap′ə·lis)
A name for any of several groups of five ancient cities in Italy, North Africa, and Asia Minor; the most important was that of the chief cities of Cyrenaica: Apollonia. Arsinoë, Berenice, Cyrene, and Ptolemaïs.
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