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phi·lip·pus    Audio Help   [fi-lip-uhs] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -lip·pi    Audio Help   [-lip-ahy] Pronunciation Key.
a gold coin of ancient Greece, originally issued by Philip II of Macedon.
[Origin: < L < Gk philíppeios]
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Phi·lip·pi    Audio Help   [fi-lip-ahy, fil-uh-pahy] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a ruined city in NE Greece, in Macedonia: Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius here, 42 b.c.; the site of one of the first Christian churches in Europe, founded by St. Paul.
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Phi·lip·pi·an    Audio Help   [fi-lip-ee-uhn] Pronunciation Key, adjective, noun
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Philippi, ancient city, E Macedonia. Inhabited by Thracians and then Thasians, it was renamed (probably 356 B.C.) by Philip II of Macedon, who developed and fortified it. Near the city was fought the decisive battle in which Octavian (Augustus) and Antony defeated (42 B.C.) Brutus and Cassius. 
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