Zoan

American  

[zoh-an, -uhn] / ˈzoʊ æn, -ən /

noun

1. Biblical name of Tanis.

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Zoan British  

/ ˈzəʊæn /

noun

1. the Biblical name for Tanis

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Example Sentences

While the seventeenth Hyksos dynasty was reigning at Zoan, or Tanis, in the north, a seventeenth Egyptian dynasty was ruling at Thebes.

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Southern Egypt first recovered its independence, then Memphis fell, and finally the Hyksos conquerors were driven out of Zoan, their capital, and confined to the fortress of Avaris, on the confines of Asia.

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The court was doubtless held at Zoan, the modern Sân.

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Though Memphis, the ancient capital of the country, was in the hands of the strangers, Zoan, the Tanis of classical geography, was rather the seat of Hyksos power.

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Protected by the marshes which surrounded it, Zoan, the modern Sân, lay on the eastern side of the Delta at no great distance from the frontier of Asia and the great Hyksos fortress of Avaris.

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