the Turkish name of the ruined city of Hierapolis. See HIERAPOLIS.

PAMICCO SOUND, an inland sea on the east coast of the United States, about 80 miles long, and 20 or 30 broad. It is formed by a range of low sandy islands scarcely a mile broad, which stretch along the shores of North Carolina at a greater or less distance from the continent. Through these islands there are three inlets, the deepest of which has only ten feet water. They render the coast of North Carolina inaccessible to an enemy.