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Nazareth (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 42 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.7000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 035 18 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 35.3000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Largest Arab city in Israel; Biblical home of Joseph, Mary & Jesus; captured several times during Crusades; site of St. Mary's Well; its Christian inhabitants massacred by Baybars 1263; taken by Turks 1517 & by British 1918; has many churches. |
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| Naẕerat (preferred,C,V)
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| Nazerat (C,O)
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| En Naṣira (C,O)
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| En Nasira (C,O)
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| An-Nāṣira (C,O)
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| Nazareth (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Nazaret (C,O)
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| Nazzaret (C,O)
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| נצרת (C,U,Hebrew )
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Northern (national district) (P) |
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Nazareth (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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since birth of Jesus |
| town (C) |
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| district capital (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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for Christians since 4th cen. |
| trade center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| pilgrimage center (C) |
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