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MAGORAS

MAGORAS a river of Syria, under mount Libanus, mentioned by Pliny (5.20) apparently between Sidon and Berytus, and probably identical with the Tamyras of Strabo (xvi. p.756), now Nahr-ed-Damur; though Dr. Robinson suggests the Nahr-Beirût. (Bib. Res. vol. iii. pp. 433, 439.) [TAMYRAS]

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.20
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