1. an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in 1402;
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Sardis
n 1: an ancient Greek city located in the western part of what
is now modern Turkey; as the capital of Lydia it was the
cultural center of Asia Minor; destroyed by Tamerlane in
1402