PTOLEMAIS

Meaning of PTOLEMAIS in English

Pronunciation: ˌ tä-l ə - ' m ā - ə s

Function: geographical name

1 ancient town in upper Egypt on left bank of the Nile NW of Thebes

2 ancient town in Cyrenaica NW of Barka; site at modern village of Tolmeta

3 ― see ACRE

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

PTOLEMAÏS — geographical name ancient town in upper Egypt on left bank of the Nile NW of Thebes, ancient town in Cyrenaica …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PTOLEMAIS — Ancient coastal city, Cyrenaica . Located in modern Libya, it received its name in the 3rd century BC from Ptolemy …
Английский словарь Британика
PTOLEMAÏS — geographical name 1. ancient town in upper Egypt on left bank of the Nile NW of Thebes 2. ancient town …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PTOLEMAIS — modern Tolmeita, or Tulmaythah coastal city of ancient Cyrenaica (now part of Libya). The site was easily defensible and provided …
Britannica English vocabulary
PTOLEMAIS — Ancient coastal city, Cyrenaica . Located in modern Libya, it received its name in the 3rd century BC from Ptolemy …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PTOLEMAIS — See: Accho
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ACRE — I. geographical name state W Brazil bordering on Peru & Bolivia capital Rio Branco area 59,343 square miles (153,698 square …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SABELLIAN — (n.) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is but one …
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SABELLIAN — ( n. ) A follower of Sabellius, a presbyter of Ptolemais in the third century, who maintained that there is …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SABELLIAN — adj pertaining to the doctrines or tenets of sabellius. ·see sabellian, ·noun. 2. sabellian ·noun a follower of sabellius, a …
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HYOID BONE — Position of hyoid bones (shaded) with tongue (A) retracted and (B) extended, shown in the hairy woodpecker (Dendrocopos villosus). (C …
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PUNT — in ancient Egyptian and Greek geography, the southern coast of the Red Sea and adjacent coasts of the Gulf of …
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LIBYA — officially Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Arabic Al-Jamahiriyah al-'Arabiyah al-Libiyah ash-Sha'biyah al-Ishtirakiyah, formerly Libyan Arab Republic, or People's Socialist Libyan …
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CYRENAICA — also spelled Cirenaica, Arabic Barqah historic region of North Africa and until 1963 a province of the United Kingdom of …
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AUSTRIA, FLAG OF
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ARMENIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-blue-orange national flag. Its width-to-length proportion is 1 to 2. Long without an independent state of their own, …
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ANTIOCHUS III — born 242 BC died 187, near Susa, Iran byname Antiochus The Great, Greek Antiochus Megas Seleucid king of the Hellenistic …
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'AKKO — also spelled Acre, or 'Akka city, northwest Israel. It lies along the Mediterranean Sea, at the north end of the …
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TYRE — (a rock), a celebrated commercial city of Phoenicia, on the coast of the Mediterranean. Its Hebrew name, Tzor, signifies a …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
PAUL — (small, little). Nearly all the original materials for the life St. Paul are contained in the Acts of the Apostles …
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GALILEE — (circuit). This name, which in the Roman age was applied to a large province, seems to have been originally confined …
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DOR — (dwelling), (Joshua 17:11; 1 Kings 4:11) an ancient royal city of the Canaanites, (Joshua 12:23) whose ruler was an ally …
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ACCHO — (the Ptolemais of the Maccabees and New Testament), Now called Acca, or more usually by Europeans St. Jean d'Acre, the …
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