G4424GreekPtolemaḯda
Πτολεμαΐδα
ptolemais, a place in palestine
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Detailed Definition
- 1a maritime city of phoenicia, which got its name, apparently, from ptolemy lathyrus, who captured it 103 bc, and rebuilt it more beautifully
Etymology & Derivation
from ?????????? (ptolemy, after whom it was named)