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ashqelon

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Ash⋅qe⋅lon

  [ash-kuh-lon]
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–noun
1. a city in SW Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. 105,400.
2. an ancient city and modern archeological site N of Gaza.
Also, Ash⋅ke⋅lon.
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Ash·ke·lon or Ash·qe·lon   (āsh'kə-lŏn', äsh'kě-lôn')   
An ancient city of southwest Palestine on the Mediterranean Sea. Inhabited as early as the third millennium B.C., it was a seat of worship for the goddess Astarte.
Ash·qe·lon   (āsh'kə-lŏn', äsh'kě-lôn')   
See Ashkelon.
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