Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Abilene"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Abilene
a plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon
range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which
stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and
Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter.
Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Abilene
n : a city in central Texas [syn: {Abilene}]
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