Palmyrena
Palmyrena proper noun: a historical region of Syria. Capital: Palmyra.
Proper noun
Palmyrena
- A historical region of Syria. Capital: Palmyra.
- 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...1614, Walter Raleigh, The Historie of the World, page 419
- [...] Taking his Journey through the dangerous and barren Desarts of Palmyrena ; [...]1695, Simon Patrick, A Commentary Upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis
Examples of Palmyrena in a sentence
- [...] and then visited all the Borders of his Dominions; from Palmyrena in the North [...]1698, An Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World:
- 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, Geographical Review, volume 17, page 192:
- By studying the Antonine Itinerary we get a fairly good idea of the northern and western borders of Palmyrena, [...]1928, Oriental Explorations and Studies, number 4, page 238:
- One originates from Khirbet Abu Duhur in the north-western Palmyrena.1995, Klaas Dijkstra, Life and Loyalty:
Forms of Palmyrena
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Origin of Palmyrena
From Latin Palmȳrēna, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Words formed from Palmyrena
Words that rhyme with Palmyrena
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- piscina
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- Afro-Latina
- Antiochena
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- Argentina
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- Ballymena
- barracudina
- Brangelina
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- doubting Thomasina
- gmina
- Halyna
- Jelena
- Laodicena
- Malaspina
- marina
- Media Atropatena
- okina
- Rina
- Sheena
- spirulina
- Thomasina
- Tumblrina
- verbena
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- Xena
Questions about Palmyrena
- What does Palmyrena mean?
- Palmyrena means a historical region of Syria. Capital: Palmyra.
- How do you use Palmyrena in a sentence?
- [...] and then visited all the Borders of his Dominions; from Palmyrena in the North [...]
- What part of speech is Palmyrena?
- Palmyrena is a proper noun.
Words near Palmyrena in the dictionary
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