Crossword clues for magdala
magdala
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Magdala \Mag"da*la\, a. Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
Wiktionary
a. Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc.
Wikipedia
Magdala ( Aramaic: מגדלא / Magdala, meaning "elegant", "great", or "tower" (viz. "great place"); Hebrew: מגדל / Migdal, meaning "tower"; Arabic: قرية المجدل / Qariyat al-Majdal) is the name of at least two places in ancient Palestine mentioned in the Jewish Talmud and one place that may be mentioned in the Christian New Testament.
Magdala may refer to:
- Magdala, a village in Galilee, related to Mary Magdalene
- Al-Majdal, Tiberias, Palestinian village in Galilee, reported to be the home of Mary Magdalene, depopulated in 1948
- Magdala, Germany, a town in Thuringia, Germany
- Magdala (ensemble), early music ensemble founded by musicologist David Skinner
- Magdala (woreda), the district that includes Amba Mariam
- HMS Magdala (1870), a ship named after the Battle of Magdala
- Magdala, South Australia, a locality north of Adelaide
- Battle of Magdala, fought in April 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces
Mekdela (Mekdela) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Wollo Zone, Magdala is bordered on the southwest by the Walo Shabatala River which separates it from Sayint, on the west by Semien Gondar Zone, on the north by the Bashilo River which separates it from the Semien Wollo Zone, and on the east by Tenta. The major town in Magdala is Masha.
Elevations in this woreda range from 700 meters above sea level where the Bashilo leaves it to 3600 meters at its southeastern point on the upper slopes of Mount Amba Ferit, near the source of the Walo Shabatala.
Magdala is an English early music group founded by David Skinner (musicologist).
Usage examples of "magdala".
He would have to go past Cana, Tiberias, Magdala and Capernaum, then circle the lake.
Their route had been extremely long and dangerous, but they kept constantly in mind a body they would find at Magdala, and this gave them strength.
He knew that Magdala sat to the left, the lake to the right, and he proceeded with confidence.
He had spent the night in Magdala, lodging at the house of a friend, and had risen before dawn to resume his journey.
Lonely and hopeless, it roamed the fields, visited Magdala and Capernaum, searched all around the shore of the lake of Gennesaret.
They went together to Magdala and made a beeline for Magdalene’s house—bless her!
Soon the children were running to Magdala with the news: “He’s coming!
He closed his eyes, remassed those of his thoughts which had lingered at Nazareth, Magdala, Capernaum, Jacob’s well and the river Jordan, and began to put them in battle array.
Ah, if he would only pass once more through Magdala so that she could run and place her pomegranates at his feet, to refresh him!
Christ visited Magdala, which is near by Capernaum, and he also visited Cesarea Philippi.
The streets of Magdala are any where from three to six feet wide, and reeking with uncleanliness.
It was Magdala over again, only here the glare from the infidel eyes was fierce and full of hate.
It seemed that the melodious coercive voice of the woman named Magdala MacKendal still echoed in her ears.
Perhaps she would see Magdala MacKendal again sometime during the holiday weekend, and she would be able to return the book.