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Nabatea

Nabatea is the alternative spelling of Nabataea.

Meaning of Nabataea

Proper noun

Nabataea

  1. (historical) The Nabataean Kingdom; the land of the Arab Nabataeans, in present-day Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria.
    • Germanicus met with the legate (governor) of Syria, the king of Nabataea and ambassadors from the king of Parthia, whose kingdom lay to the east of Palestine.1999, James S. Jeffers, The Greco-Roman World of the New Testament Era, InterVarsity Press (IVP Academic), page 118
    Synonyms:
    Nabataean Kingdom, Kingdom of Nabataea

Questions about Nabatea

What is Nabatea the alternative spelling of?
Nabatea is the alternative spelling of Nabataea.

Words near Nabatea in the dictionary

  1. Nabas
  2. Nabasagan
  3. Nabataea
  4. Nabataean
  5. Nabataeans
  6. Nabatea
  7. Nabatean
  8. Nabateans
  9. Nabathaean
  10. Nabathaeans
  11. Nabathean

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