ORONTES

Meaning of ORONTES in English

Orontes BrE AmE ə ˈrɒnt iːz ɒ- AmE \ ɔː ˈrɑːnt iːz ɑː-, oʊ-

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ORONTES — geographical name river 246 miles (396 kilometers ) Syria & Turkey rising in Lebanon in the Bekaa & flowing into …
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ORONTES
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ORONTES — geographical name river 246 miles (396 kilometers ) Syria & Turkey rising in Lebanon in the Bekaa & flowing into …
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ORONTES — Pronunciation: o ̇ - ' rän-( ˌ )t ē z Function: geographical name river 246 mi (396 km ) Syria …
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ORONTES RIVER — River, Middle East. Rising in the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains, it passes the cities of Hims and Ḥamāh in Syria, …
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ORONTES RIVER — Arabic Nahr Al-'asi, river in southwestern Asia, draining a large part of the northern Levant into the Mediterranean Sea. From …
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SELEUCIA — geographical name ancient city SE Asia Minor in Cilicia SW of Tarsus, ancient city, chief city of the Seleucid Empire; …
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HOMS — or ancient Emesa geographical name city W Syria on the Orontes population 354,508
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HAMA — or ~h or biblical ~th geographical name city W Syria on the Orontes population 229,000
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ANTAKYA — or Antakiyah or ancient Antioch geographical name city S Turkey on the Orontes population 123,871
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RIVER — I Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
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KARKAR — or Qarqar Ancient fortress on the Orontes River , western Syria. A strategic outpost, it was attacked by the Assyrians …
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HITTITE — (n.) A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia …
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SELEUCIA — /si looh"sheuh/ , n. 1. an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire. 2. …
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HAMA — /hah"mah, hah mah"/ , n. a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River. 137,589. Ancient, Epiphania . Biblical name, …
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SELEUCIA — geographical name 1. or Seleucia Tra·che·o·tis ˌtrā-kē-ˈō-təs ancient city SE Asia Minor in Cilicia SW of Tarsus 2. ancient city, …
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HOMS — geographical name or ancient Em·e·sa ˈe-mə-sə city W Syria on the Orontes population 354,508
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HAMA — or Ha·mah ˈhä-ˌmä ; or biblical Ha·math ˈhā-ˌmath city W Syria on the Orontes population 229,000
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ANTAKYA — geographical name or An·ta·ki·yah -ˈkē-yə ; or ancient An·ti·och ˈan-tē-ˌäk city S Turkey on the Orontes population 123,871
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HITTITE — add. ·noun a member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from armenia westward into …
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SYRIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with two green stars on the white stripe. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to …
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SETI I — died 1279 BC Egyptian king of the 19th dynasty who reigned from 1290 to 1279 BC. His father, Ramses I, …
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SELEUCIA PIERIA — Greek Seleukeia, in ancient Syria, port of Antioch and frontier fortress on the Cilician border (near modern Samandag, Turkey), 4 …
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PTOLEMY III EUERGETES — ((Greek: Benefactor)) flourished 246221 BC Macedonian king of Egypt, son of Ptolemy II; he reunited Egypt and Cyrenaica and successfully …
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MUWATALLIS — flourished 13th century BC also spelled Muwatallish Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1320c. 1294 BC). Muwatallis was …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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LEBANON MOUNTAINS — Arabic Jabal Lubnan, French Mont Liban, also called Jabal Al-gharbi, or Mt. Lebanon, mountain range, extending almost the entire length …
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KADESH, BATTLE OF — (1275 BC), major battle between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis, in Syria, southwest of Hims, …
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ANTIOCH — Turkish Antakya, populous city of ancient Syria, and now a major town of south-central Turkey. It lies near the mouth …
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SYRIA — is the term used throughout our version for the Hebrew Aram, as well as for the Greek Zupia . Most …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HAMATH — (fortress), the principal city of upper Syria, was situated in the valley of the Orontes, which it commanded from the …
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