{"def":{"lit":"ten cities","short":"the ten-city region; the Decapolis, a district in Syria","long":["a track of land so called from the ten cities that were in it",["according to Pliny, these cities were: Damascus, Opoton, Philadelphia, Raphana, Scythopolis, Gadara, Hippondion, Pella, Galasa, and Canatha (Gill)"]]},"deriv":"from G1176 and G4172","pronun":{"ipa":"ðɛˈkɑ.po.lis","ipa_mod":"ðe̞ˈkɑ.pow.lis","sbl":"dekapolis","dic":"theh-KA-poh-lees","dic_mod":"thay-KA-poh-lees"},"see":["G1176","G4172"]}