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Acre (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 32 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.9167 decimal degrees |
Long: 035 04 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.0667 decimal degrees |
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Note: A Muslim city from 638 CE; captured by Baudouin I during First Crusade 1104; changed hands several times; taken by Turks 1517; besieged by Napoleon 1799; occupied by British during World War I; became part of Israel after war of 1948. |
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ʻAkko (preferred,C,V)
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Akko (C,V,English)
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Acca (C,O)
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Acre (C,O,S,English-P,U,N)
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Accho (C,O)
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............ | Old Testament name |
Acco (C,O)
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Ace (C,O)
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ʻAkkā, (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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עַכּוֹ (C,V,Hebrew ,U)
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عكّا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Akre (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Ἄκρη (C,V,Greek,U)
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עכו (C,U,Hebrew )
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Aca Ptolemais (H,O)
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Ake (H,V)
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Colonia Ptolemais (H,O)
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Palastina (H,O)
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Ptolemais (H,O)
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............ | New Testament |
Saint-Jean-d'Acre (H,O)
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............ | after First Crusade, 1104 |
St. Jean-d'Acre (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Northern (national district) (P) |
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Acre (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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city (C) |
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port (C) |
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archiepiscopal see (H) |
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