Arra

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

ARRA


1. ( Marrah, Máarra), a town of Chalcidice, in Syria, 20 M.P. S. of Chalcis ( It. Ant. p. 194). In Abulfeda ( Tab. Syr. pp. 21, 111), it appears as a considerable place, under the name of Maarat.


2. (Ἄρρη κώμη,Ptol. 6.7.30), an inland town of Arabia Felix, the same apparently which Pliny calls Areni (6.28. s. 32). [P.S]

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