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Ashdod

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Ash·dod  (shdd, äsh-dd)
A city of southwest Israel on the Mediterranean Sea west of Jerusalem near the site of ancient Ashdod, an important Philistine city-state that was settled as early as the Bronze Age. Population: 203,000.
Ashdod [ˈæʃdɒd]
n
(Placename) a town in central Israel, on the Mediterranean coast: an important city in the Philistine Empire, with its artificial harbour (1961) it is now a major port. Pop.: 155 800 (1999 est.)


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