Myra – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Myra
n.
female first name
MyRA
Myra
Myra ( [plural]) was an ancient Greek town in
Lycia where the small town of Kale (
Demre) is situated today, in present day
Antalya Province of
Turkey. It was located on the river Myros (
Demre Çay), in the fertile
alluvial plain between Alaca Dag, the Massikytos range and the
Aegean Sea.
Myra
I flow; pour out; weep
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock.
About
Myra
an important town in Lycia, on the southwest coast of Asia Minor, on the river Andriacus, 21 miles from its mouth referred to in (Acts 27:5) Myra (named Dembra by the Greeks) Is remarkable still for its remains of various periods of history.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
About
Myra
one of the chief towns of Lycia, in Asia Minor, about 2 1/2 miles from the coast (Acts 27:5). Here Paul removed from the Adramyttian ship in which he had sailed from Caesarea, and entered into the Alexandrian ship, which was afterwards wrecked at Melita (27:39-44).
