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Noun: Pergamum
  1. An ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; the technique of preparing sheepskins as parchment was developed here
    - Pergamon

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Republic of Turkey, Turkey, Türkiye

Encyclopedia: Pergamum

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