Hippo Regius

[ hip-oh ree-jee-uhs ]

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a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.

Hippo Regius

/ ˈhɪpəʊ ˈriːdʒɪəs /

an ancient Numidian city, adjoining present-day Annaba, Algeria Often shortened toHippo

Augustine, the brilliant youth of Hippo Regius in Africa, will serve as an instance of what the issue then had been.

Hippo Regius, the see of Augustine himself, was on the coast of Numidia.

There is a country-seat called Victoriana, less than thirty miles from Hippo-regius.

But an opposing wind brought him back, much against his will, into the harbour of Hippo Regius.

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