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Epiphania

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[ep-uh-fuh-nahy-uh] / ˌɛp ə fəˈnaɪ ə /

noun

  1. ancient name of the city Hama.


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No matter how many times I brought it up, Epiphania always gave the same sad answer in her cadenced, Italian accent: "No, you can't buy it! The house is not on the market!"

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2022

George, from his parents or his education, surnamed the Cappadocian, was born at Epiphania in Cilicia, in a fuller's shop.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart

The Befana's name is obviously derived from Epiphania.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

If one goes further south, into Italy itself, one meets with a similar being, the Befana, whose name is plainly nothing but a corruption of Epiphania.

From Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Miles, Clement A.

After the Macedonian conquest of Syria Hamath was called Epiphania by the Greeks in honour of Antiochus IV.,

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various

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