STRONGS G4946:
Συράκουσαι (so accented commonly (
Chandler §§ 172, 175); but according to
Pape, Eigennamen, under the word,
Συράκουσαι in
Ptolemy, 3, 4, 9; 8, 9, 4),
Συρακουσων,
αἱ,
Syracuse, a large maritime city of Sicily, having an excellent harbor and surrounded by a wall 180 stadia in length (so
Strabo 6, p. 270; "but this statement exceeds the truth, the actual circuit being about 14 English miles or 122 stadia" (Leake, p. 279); see
Dict. of Geogr. under the word, p. 1067b); now Siragosa:
Acts 28:12.
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