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Abilene n 1: a city in central Texas 2: a town in central Kansas west of Topeka; home of Dwight D. Eisenhower From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Abilene a plain, a district lying on the east slope of the Anti-Lebanon range; so called from its chief town, Abila (Luke 3:1), which stood in the Suk Wady Barada, between Heliopolis (Baalbec) and Damascus, 38 miles from the former and 18 from the latter. Lysanias was governor or tetrarch of this province. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Abilene |
Dot Coms with the word Abilene in them As of 12/11/08
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