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What does Decapolis mean?

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Proper noun
  1. A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Jordan, Syria, and Palestine.
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It began to hurt the harmony within the Decapolis.
The money will be used to fund the redevelopment of the five-star Decapolis Rapontchombo hotel under the Decameron brand.
In 1354, Turckheim enters the league of the Decapolis.
Seetzen identified it with Gadara, one of the minor towns of the Decapolis.
Being essentially a confederation of cities it is impossible precisely to fix Decapolis as a region with definite boundaries.
Cities of the Decapolis, however, lay within the limits of Perea, and introduced Greek life and ideas to the people.

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