YARMUK

Meaning of YARMUK in English

/yahr moohk"/ , n.

a river in NW Jordan, flowing W into the Jordan River. 50 mi. (80 km) long.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

YARMŪK RIVER — River, northwestern Jordan. It rises in southwestern Syria and flows southwest to its confluence with the Jordan River . For …
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YARMUK RIVER — Hebrew Nahar Ha-Yarmuk, Arabic Nahr Al-Yarmuk, river, a tributary of the Jordan River, in southwest Asia. For most of its …
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YARMUK RIVER — River, northwestern Jordan. It rises in southwestern Syria and flows southwest to its confluence with the Jordan River . For …
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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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JORDAN RIVER — River, Middle East. It rises in Syria, flows through the Lake Tiberias (Sea of Galilee), and then receives its main …
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IRBID — Town (pop., 1994: 208,329), northern Jordan. Built on Early Bronze Age settlements, it may have been the biblical city of …
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GILEAD — Area of ancient Palestine, east of the Jordan River . Now northwestern Jordan, it was bounded to the north by …
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PALESTINE, HISTORY OF — history of the area from prehistoric times to the present. Additional reading The multivolume Cambridge Ancient History provides an authoritative …
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KHALID IBN AL-WALID — died 642 byname Sif, or Sayf, Allah (Arabic: Sword of God) one of the two generals (with 'Amr ibn al-'As) …
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JORDAN RIVER — Arabic Nahr Al-urdun, Hebrew Ha-yarden, lowest river in the world, flowing southward from Syria across Israel and then dividing Israel …
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ISRAEL MUSEUM — Hebrew Muse'on Yisra'el, museum in Jerusalem opened in 1965 and consisting of the Bezalel National Art Museum, the Samuel Bronfman …
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IRBID — town, northern Jordan. The town is built on successive Early Bronze Age settlements and was possibly the biblical Beth Arbel …
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HERACLIUS — born c. 575, , Cappadocia died Feb. 11, 641, Constantinople Eastern Roman emperor (610-641) who reorganized and strengthened the imperial …
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GOLAN HEIGHTS — also called Golan Plateau, Arabic Al Jawlan, Hebrew Ramat Ha-golan, or Ha-golan, hilly area overlooking the upper Jordan River valley …
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GILEAD — area of ancient Palestine east of the Jordan River, corresponding to modern northwestern Jordan. The region is bounded in the …
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GALILEE, SEA OF — also called Lake Tiberias, Arabic Buhayrat Tabariya, Hebrew Yam Kinneret, lake in Israel through which the Jordan River flows. From …
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DAR'A — also spelled Der'a, Greek Edrei, town, southwestern Syria. Dar'a, which is the chief town of the Hawran (a region of …
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'AMR IBN AL-'AS — died 663, Al-Fustat, Egypt the Arab conqueror of Egypt. A wealthy member of the Banu Sahm clan of the important …
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VIOLENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fiery/violent/explosive temper (= likely to get angry and violent very quickly ) ▪ Over …
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DEMONSTRATION — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cookery demonstration (= when someone shows you how to cook something ) ▪ After …
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RIVER — Aare River Aar River Achelous River Adda River Adige River Adour River Aguán River Agusan River Alabama River Aliákmon River …
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JORDAN — (the descender), the one river of Palestine, has a course of little more than 200 miles, from the roots of …
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JARMUTH — (high). â A town in the low country of Judah. (Joshua 16:35) Its king, Piram, was one of the five …
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