Meaning Of The Word Edessa

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Edessa in American English
ancient city in NW Mesopotamia, on the site of modern Urfa (Turkey)

Edessa in British English
noun: an ancient city on the N edge of the Syrian plateau, founded as a Macedonian colony by Seleucus I: a centre of early Christianity

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