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Palmyrena
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English
thumb|Map of the ancient Levant showing Palmyrena
Alternative forms
en Palmyrene
Etymology
From en la Palmȳrēna, from en grc Παλμυρηνή.
Pronunciation
en iːnə 4
Proper noun
en Q20108594 en historical region c/Syria Palmyra.1840, Martha De Havilland, An Outline of the History of Ancient and Modern Rome, 2nd ed., Houlston & Stoneman, p. 128.
en 1614 Raleigh Walter Walter Raleigh The Historie of the World https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Historie_of_the_Vvorld/8vR4q3lVzTUC 419 Beſides this, all Judæa and Iſrael were now maſtered to his hands; all the Arabians his borderers, the Syrians of Zobah, of Damaſcena, of Palmyrena, of Ituræa; all of Idumæa, Moab, and Ammon, paid him tribute; as likewiſe did the Hittites, who with the Perizzites, Hevites, Jebuſites, and other races of the Canaanites, were not as yet extinguiſhed, though ſubjected.
en A Commentary Upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis [...] Taking his Journey through the dangerous and barren Desarts of Palmyrena ; [...] Simon Patrick 1695
en An Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World [...] and then visited all the Borders of his Dominions; from Palmyrena in the North [...] 1698
en Geographical Review 17 192 Southward from Palmyrena stretches a vast expanse of desert, the true home of the nomad from the earliest times, a land that has never been suited to cultivation. 1927
en Oriental Explorations and Studies 4 238 By studying the Antonine Itinerary we get a fairly good idea of the northern and western borders of Palmyrena, [...] 1928
en Life and Loyalty One originates from Khirbet Abu Duhur in the north-western Palmyrena. Klaas Dijkstra 1995
Trans-Jordan, the Palmyrena and the Euphrates valley were brought within the administered area ; [...] en Norman Lewis The Syrian steppe during the last century of Ottoman rule: Hawran and the Palmyrena The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East 2000 https://books.google.com/books?id=iwxeHaKUGFMC 33
en The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration 39 The most frequently used part of the Syrian Desert is Palmyrena. Christina Phelps Harris 2003
Derived terms
en Palmyrenian
Translations
historical region
French: fr Palmyrène f
German: de Palmyrene f
Greek: el Παλμυρηνή f
Ancient Greek: grc Παλμυρηνή f
Hindi: hi पाल्मुरेने
Italian: it Palmirena f, it Palmirene f
Latin: la Palmȳrēna f
Russian: ru Пальмирена f
See also
en Apamena Damascena Laodicena
References
Latin
Alternative forms
la Palmȳrēnē
Etymology
la Palmȳrēna :bor grc:Παλμυρηνή + 1
Pronunciation
Palmȳrēna
Proper noun
Palmȳrēna<1.loc>
la Palmyrena Q20108594
Declension
Palmȳrēna<1.loc>
Descendants
en Palmyrena 1
fr Palmyrène
it Palmirena
References
Palmȳra
la Places