Ashdod

[ ash-dod; Sephardic Hebrew ahsh-dawd ]

noun
  1. a town in western Israel: an important ancient Philistine city; early center of Christianity.

  • Greek A·zo·tos [uh-zoh-tos] /əˈzoʊ tɒs/ .
  • Also Es·dud [is-dood] /ɪsˈdud/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for Ashdod

Ashdod

/ (ˈæʃdɒd) /


noun
  1. a town in central Israel, on the Mediterranean coast: an important city in the Philistine Empire, with its artificial harbour (1961) it is now a major port. Pop: 192 000 (2003 est)

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