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Orontes - [ Syriac Not Available ]

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A river of Syria which runs from southwest of Emesa north to Antioch.

Names

  • Orontes1, 2
  • الأُرُنْد4
  • العاصي4
  • Āṣī
  • Orontes River5, 6
  • ʿĀṣī1
  • ‘Āṣī

Place Type

river

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 35.2728339° Long. 36.4825754°3
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 35.8727860000° Long. 36.3580530000°5

Attestation

Attestation of names الأُرُنْد and العاصي in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. الأُرُنْد4 العاصي4 4
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 22, 23, 196, 229, 270, 396map: Map I A2, II A2, V. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sergey Minov, ed., A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Orontes