Κυρήνη
Kyrēnē
Proper locative noun · Of uncertain derivation
Of uncertain derivation; Cyrene, a region of Africa:—Cyrene.
Outline
- Cyrene = "supremacy of the bridle"
- a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 miles (17 km) from the sea. Among its inhabitants were a great number of Jews, whom Ptolemy I. had brought there, and invested with the right of citizens