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Πτολεμαΐς

pto-le-mä-ē's
proper locative noun
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From Ptolemaios (Ptolemy, after whom it was named)

from Πτολεμαῖος Ptolemaîos (Ptolemy, after whom it was named); Ptolemais, a place in Palestine:—Ptolemais.

Outline

  1. Ptolemais or Accho = "warlike"
    1. a maritime city of Phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from Ptolemy Lathyrus, who captured it 103 BC, and rebuilt it more beautifully

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