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From Latin Palmȳrēna, from Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).

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Palmyrena

  1. A historical region and country of the Syrian steppe, of which Palmyra was the capital.[1]
    • 1695, Simon Patrick, A Commentary Upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis:
      [...] Taking his Journey through the dangerous and barren Desarts of Palmyrena ; [...]
    • 1698, An Abridgment of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the World:
      [...] and then visited all the Borders of his Dominions; from Palmyrena in the North [...]
    • 1927, Geographical Review, volume 17, page 192:
      Southward from Palmyrena stretches a vast expanse of desert, the true home of the nomad from the earliest times, a land that has never been suited to cultivation.
    • 1928, Oriental Explorations and Studies, number 4, page 238:
      By studying the Antonine Itinerary we get a fairly good idea of the northern and western borders of Palmyrena, [...]
    • 1995, Klaas Dijkstra, Life and Loyalty:
      One originates from Khirbet Abu Duhur in the north-western Palmyrena.
    • 2000, Norman Lewis, “The Syrian steppe during the last century of Ottoman rule: Hawran and the Palmyrena”, in The Transformation of Nomadic Society in the Arab East[1], page 33:
      Trans-Jordan, the Palmyrena and the Euphrates valley were brought within the administered area ; [...]
    • 2003, Christina Phelps Harris, The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration, page 39:
      The most frequently used part of the Syrian Desert is Palmyrena.

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  1. ^ 1840, Martha De Havilland, An Outline of the History of Ancient and Modern Rome, 2nd ed., Houlston & Stoneman, p. 128.

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From Ancient Greek Παλμυρηνή (Palmurēnḗ).

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Palmȳrēna f sg (genitive Palmȳrēnae); first declension

  1. Palmyrena

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Palmȳrēna
Genitive Palmȳrēnae
Dative Palmȳrēnae
Accusative Palmȳrēnam
Ablative Palmȳrēnā
Vocative Palmȳrēna
Locative Palmȳrēnae

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