Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "Anṣanā — ܐܢܨܢܐ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/1479 Anṣanā ܐܢܨܢܐ ܐܰܢܨܢܐ انصنا Ausana أَنْصِنا The seat of a bishop named Theodore whose biography, no longer extant, was ascribed to Zacharias Rhetor. Attestation of name أَنْصِنا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. Moosa's transcription "Ausana" is a typo for "Ansana". http://syriaca.org/place/1479 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 281 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 255 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 294 Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:315