Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), NAXUA´NA

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NAXUA´NA (Ναχουάνα, Ptol. 5.13.12), a city on the N. bank of the river Araxes, now Nachdgĕvân, a city of some importance in Armenian history, [p. 2.407]and connected, by tradition, with the first habitation of Noah, and the descent of the patriarch from the ark. (Comp. Joseph. Antig. 1.35; St. Martin, Mém. sur l'Armenie, vol. i. p. 131; Ritter, Erdkunde, vol. x. p. 363; Chesney, Exped. Euphrat. vol. i. p. 145.)

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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

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William Smith, LLD, Ed.