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      • Amman is an ancient city built on the ruins of a city known as “Rabbath Ammon,” later “Philadelphia,” and finally “Amman,” a modification from “Rabbath Ammon,” and the Ammonites took it as their capital.
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  2. Amman is an ancient city built on the ruins of a city known as “Rabbath Ammon,” later “Philadelphia,” and finally “Amman,” a modification from “Rabbath Ammon,” and the Ammonites took it as their capital. The city was established on seven hills, and it seems that it was the center of the region at that time. It is one of the four ...

  3. Amman meaning: 1. the capital city of Jordan, in the northwestern part of the country: 2. the capital city of…. Learn more.

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  5. Webster's Dictionary is any of the English language dictionaries edited in the early 19th century by Noah Webster (1758–1843), an American lexicographer, as well as numerous related or unrelated dictionaries that have adopted the Webster's name in his honor.

  6. Jun 21, 2010 · The word Gaza comes from the Hebrew Azzah, loosely meaning “strong city.”. The entire region is named for its capital city, which has been conquered many times over the centuries. Among its many rulers were the Philistines. The theme of “strength” is indirectly connected to Gaza in the Bible. According to the book of Judges, the ...

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    During the Iron Age, the city was known as Rabat Aman and served as the capital of the Ammonite Kingdom. In the 3rd century BC, Ptolemy II Philadelphus, Pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, rebuilt the city and renamed it "Philadelphia", making it a regional center of Hellenistic culture.

  8. May 5, 2020 · It was first used without a hyphen by famed poet János Arany, who first described the name of the city in 1846 in the ninth song of Toldi: “Budapest városát sok ezeren lakják” ('Many thousands live in the city of Budapest').