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Sidon

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Si·don  (sdn)
An ancient city of Phoenicia on the Mediterranean Sea in present-day southwest Lebanon. Founded in the third millennium b.c., it was an important trade center known for its glassware and purple dyes.
Sidon [ˈsaɪdən]
n
(Placename) the chief city of ancient Phoenicia: founded in the third millennium bc; wealthy through trade and the making of glass and purple dyes; now the Lebanese city of Saïda
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Noun1.SidonSidon - the main city of ancient Phoenicia  
Saida, Sayda
Lebanese Republic, Lebanon - an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean
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Sidon [ˈsaɪdən] N → Sidón m


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Hera stirs up a storm against them and they are carried to Sidon, where Alexandrus takes the city.
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Then he went healing and teaching through Galilee, and even journeyed to Tyre and Sidon.
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She then went down into her fragrant store-room, where her embroidered robes were kept, the work of Sidonian women, whom Alexandrus had brought over from Sidon when he sailed the seas upon that voyage during which he carried off Helen.
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