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Ragaba

Ragaba proper noun: a fortress in the ancient Middle East that was besieged by Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra, probably a walled city on the Argob of Bashan (modern-day Lajat).

Proper noun

Ragaba

  1. (Classical) A fortress in the ancient Middle East that was besieged by Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra, probably a walled city on the Argob of Bashan (modern-day Lajat).
    • Alexander Janneus, having now subdued his enemies, was attacked by a quartan fever occasioned by excessive drinking, and of this disease he died, three years after, while engaged in the siege of Ragaba in Gerasena.1828, Johann Jahn, translated by Calvin Ellis Stowe, History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, chapter xi, § 106, page 325

Questions about Ragaba

What does Ragaba mean?
Ragaba means a fortress in the ancient Middle East that was besieged by Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra, probably a walled city on the Argob of Bashan (modern-day Lajat).
What part of speech is Ragaba?
Ragaba is a proper noun.

Words near Ragaba in the dictionary

  1. rag-shops
  2. rag-tag
  3. rag-time
  4. raga
  5. raga rock
  6. Ragaba
  7. ragabash
  8. ragabashes
  9. ragabrash
  10. ragabrashes
  11. ragalike

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