Ascalon

English Proper noun en Ashkelon, a city in ancient Palestine and modern Israel. en 1771 John Swinton Observations upon Five Antient Persian Coins Philosophical Transactions http://www.jstor.org/stable/106110 61 347 That this piece was ſtruck at Aſcalon, a very antient and celebrated city of Paleſtine, there is, I think, little doubt. en UK The sword or lance used by Saint George to slay a dragon, named after the city. en Richard Johnson The Honourable Hiſtory of the ſeven Champions of Christendom https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.35013026 London Andrew Crook 1670 11-12 [George] with an eager courage ſmote the burning Dragon under his yellow burniſhed belly, with his truſty ſword Ascalon[.] en WWII The Avro York used as Winston Churchill's personal aircraft, named after the weapon. en Jerrard Tickell Gp Capt John Mitchell Ascalon London Hodder and Stoughton 1943 1964 23 It was Mr. Churchill's intention to tour the North African battlefields in Ascalon, an operationally untried aircraft. German Proper noun n de Aschkelon Latin Alternative forms la Ascalō Etymology la Ascalōn :bor grc:Ἀσκάλων + 1 Pronunciation As'calōn Proper noun Ascalōn<3.loc> f en Ashkelon Declension Ascalōn/Ascalōn<3.loc> Ascalōnem/Ascalōna Derived terms la ascalōnius la ascalōnīta References Ascalo Ascalo Ascalo Ascalo Portuguese Alternative forms pt Asquelom chiefly biblical pt Ascalão chiefly referring to the city in medieval times pt Ashkelon pt Ascalona Ascalom less common pt Ashqelon Ashquelon Asquelon Askelon uncommon Proper noun pt city c/Israel Ashkelon