Zoan
Americannoun
noun
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Champollion has remarked that the word signifies, "mollis, delicatus, jucundus," which would make Zoan to mean Pleasant town.
From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various
The princes of Judah assembled at Zoan; the ambassadors went farther, even to Hanes.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
Sabako, therefore, fixed his court at Zoan and Hanes, simply because they had already become the leading cities, if not the capitals, of the north and the south.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)
They also built Zoan, the city of the Sun.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob
Thothmes set out with his army from Tanis, that is, Zoan; and after taking Gaza, he proceeded, by way of the plain of Sharon, to the more northern parts of Palestine.
From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James
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