Thana

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

THANA or THOANA(Θάνα, Θοάνα, Ptol. 5.17.5; Thorma, Tab. Peut.), a town of Arabia Petraea, probably corresponds to Dhâna, a village visited by Burckhardt, on the declivity of a mountain N. of Wady-el-Ghuweir. (Robinson, Bibl. Res. vol. 2. p. 168, 2nd ed.)

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