Smyrna - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Smyrna :  (noun)

1: a port city in western Turkey [syn: Izmir, Smyrna]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Smyrna, DE (town, FIPS 67310) Location: 39.29540 N, 75.60771 W Population (1990): 5231 (1878 housing units) Area: 7.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19977 Smyrna, GA (city, FIPS 71492) Location: 33.86748 N, 84.51689 W Population (1990): 30981 (16822 housing units) Area: 29.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30080, 30082 Smyrna, NC Zip code(s): 28579 Smyrna, NY (village, FIPS 68099) Location: 42.68585 N, 75.56750 W Population (1990): 211 (80 housing units) Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13464 Smyrna, SC (town, FIPS 67210) Location: 35.04199 N, 81.41130 W Population (1990): 57 (30 housing units) Area: 1.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29743 Smyrna, TN (town, FIPS 69420) Location: 35.98262 N, 86.51724 W Population (1990): 13647 (5312 housing units) Area: 47.6 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37167

Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:

Smyrna :  myrrh, an ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia Minor, about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus. It is now the chief city of Anatolia, having a mixed population of about 200,000, of whom about one-third are professed Christians. The church founded here was one of the seven addressed by our Lord (Rev. 2:8-11). The celebrated Polycarp, a pupil of the apostle John, was in the second century a prominent leader in the church of Smyrna. Here he suffered martyrdom, A.D. 155.



Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:

Smyrna, myrrh



Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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