palmyrena
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A historical region of Syria. Capital: Palmyra.
Example Sentences
- "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 races of the Canaanites, were not as yet extinguiſhed, though ſubjected."
- "[...] Taking his Journey through the dangerous and barren Desarts of Palmyrena ; [...]"
- "[...] and then visited all the Borders of his Dominions; from Palmyrena in the North [...]"
- "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."
- "By studying the Antonine Itinerary we get a fairly good idea of the northern and western borders of Palmyrena, [...]"
- "One originates from Khirbet Abu Duhur in the north-western Palmyrena."
Etymology
From Latin Palmȳrēna, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Palmȳrēna, Παλμυρηνή