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Ascalon

Ascalon proper noun: the sword or lance used by Saint George to slay a dragon, named after the city. Also the dated form of Ashkelon.

Proper noun

Ascalon

  1. (UK) The sword or lance used by Saint George to slay a dragon, named after the city.
    • [George] with an eager courage ſmote the burning Dragon under his yellow burniſhed belly, with his truſty ſword Ascalon[.]1670, Richard Johnson, The Honourable Hiſtory of the ſeven Champions of Christendom, London: Andrew Crook, pages 11-12
  2. (World War II) The Avro York used as Winston Churchill's personal aircraft, named after the weapon.
    • It was Mr. Churchill's intention to tour the North African battlefields in Ascalon, an operationally untried aircraft.1943, Jerrard Tickell, quoting Gp Capt John Mitchell, Ascalon, London: Hodder and Stoughton, published 1964, page 23

Also used as

Ascalon is also the dated form of Ashkelon.

Questions about Ascalon

What does Ascalon mean?
Ascalon means the sword or lance used by Saint George to slay a dragon, named after the city.
What part of speech is Ascalon?
Ascalon is a proper noun.

Words near Ascalon in the dictionary

  1. ascalabotan
  2. ascalabotans
  3. ascalaphid
  4. ascalaphids
  5. Ascalaphus
  6. Ascalon
  7. ascalonicoside
  8. ascandroside
  9. Ascanian
  10. Ascanius
  11. ASCAP

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