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Nab⋅lus

  [nab-luhs, nah-bluhs]
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–noun
modern name of Shechem.

She⋅chem

  [shee-kuhm, -kem, shek-uhm, -em]
–noun
a town of ancient Palestine, near the city of Samaria; occupied by Israel 1967–96; since 1996 under Palestinian self-rule: first capital of the northern kingdom of Israel. Modern name, Nablus.
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Na·blus   (nāb'ləs, nä'bləs)   
A city in the West Bank north of Jerusalem. An ancient Canaanite town, it was the biblical home of Jacob and the chief city of Samaria. Population: 130,000.
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Nablus

city in the West Bank. It lies in an enclosed, fertile valley and is the market centre of a natural oasis that is watered by numerous springs

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