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Smyr⋅na

  [smur-nuh]
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–noun
1. former name of Izmir.
2. Gulf of, former name of the Gulf of Izmir.
3. a city in NW Georgia: suburb of Atlanta. 20,312.
4. Classical Mythology. Myrrha.

Iz⋅mir

  [iz-meer]
–noun
1. Formerly, Smyrna. a seaport in W Turkey on the Gulf of Izmir: important city of Asia Minor from ancient times. 636,078.
2. Gulf of. Formerly, Gulf of Smyrna. an arm of the Aegean Sea in W Turkey. 35 mi. (56 km) long; 14 mi. (23 km) wide.

Myr⋅rha

  [meer-uh]
–noun
Classical Mythology. a daughter of King Cinyras of Cyprus who had incestuous relations with her father and was changed into a myrrh tree by the gods. Their child, Adonis, was born from the split trunk of the tree.
Also called Smyrna.
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Smyr·na   (smûr'nə)   

  1. A city of northwest Georgia, a residential suburb of Atlanta. Population: 48,600.

  2. See Izmir.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Smyrna

myrrh, an ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia Minor, about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus. It is now the chief city of Anatolia, having a mixed population of about 200,000, of whom about one-third are professed Christians. The church founded here was one of the seven addressed by our Lord (Rev. 2:8-11). The celebrated Polycarp, a pupil of the apostle John, was in the second century a prominent leader in the church of Smyrna. Here he suffered martyrdom, A.D. 155.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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