English Explanatory Dictionary

raphia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative form of raffia.
name
  1. Synonym of Rafah (spelling used when referring to the site in Antiquity: Ancient and Classical Eras) A town in Levant, frequently disputed between various ancient empires, Egypt (Pharonic, Ptolemaic, etc), Anatolia (Hittite, etc), Mesopotamia (Assyria, Seleucid, etc). The city is now located on the border between Gaza and Egypt, split between the two by an international border.

Word forms

raphia raphias

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía), from Egyptian Rpwḥw r:Z1-p-w-bH:mDAt-xAst

Synonyms

Rafah
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