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Epiphania

American  
[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

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

Epiphania, the Greeke word, which importeth onely the outter appearance of a thing, is here more significant, because of a Magnitude there is nothing visible or to bee seene, but the surface.

From The Way To Geometry by Bedwell, William

Upon the day of his coronation he celebrated his marriage with the delicate Eudocia, who bore him two children, a daughter, Epiphania, and a son, Heraclius Constantine, the natural successor to the throne.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

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