syene
11Syene (Titularbistum) — Syene (ital.: Siene) ist ein Titularbistum der römisch katholischen Kirche. Es geht zurück auf ein früheres Bistum der antiken Stadt Syene in der römischen Provinz Aegyptus bzw. in der Spätantike Thebais in Oberägypten, das der Kirchenprovinz… …
12Syene — geographical name see aswan …
13Syene — /suy ee nee/, n. ancient name of Aswan. * * * …
14Syene — Opening (Ezek. 29:10; 30:6), a town of Egypt, on the borders of Ethiopia, now called Assouan, on the right bank of the Nile, notable for its quarries of beautiful red granite called syenite. It was the frontier town of Egypt in the south, as… …
15Syene — stor. Assuan …
16Syene — Sy•e•ne [[t]saɪˈi ni[/t]] n. anh geg ancient name of Aswan …
17Syene — /saɪˈini/ (say suy eenee) noun ancient Greek name of Aswan (def. 1) …
18Syene — Sy|e|ne (alter Name von Assuan) …
19Syene — /suy ee nee/, n. ancient name of Aswan …
20Coptic Diocese of Syene — The Diocese of Syene is an ancient see of the Coptic Church in Aswan, Egypt. As its first bishop Neilammon was not mentioned as a new one in the Festal Letter of 339, it is assumed the diocese was established in the early 330s. Appion referred to …
