Is·sus ( s  s) An ancient town of southeast Asia Minor near modern-day Iskenderun, Turkey. Alexander the Great defeated Darius III of Persia here in 333 b.c. |
Issus [ˈɪsəs]
n
(Placename) an ancient town in S Asia Minor, in Cilicia north of present-day Iskenderun: scene of a battle (333 bc) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians
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| Noun | 1. |  Issus - a battle (333 BC) in which Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius IIIAnatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey |
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