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Nabataea

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[nab-uh-tee-uh] / ˌnæb əˈti ə /

noun

  1. an ancient Arab kingdom of SW Asia, in the area of present-day Jordan, that became a Roman province in a.d. 106. Petra.


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Far away it lies, beyond the learned Egyptians, beyond the superstitious Jews and the merchants of Nabataea, beyond the children of Arsaces in their long flowing robes, the Ityreans, to whom earth gives but scanty harvest, and the Arabs, whose perfumes are their wealth.

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Nabataea, a district at the north-east end of the Red Sea.

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