Adama
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Historical Examples
From a notion however of Adama signifying Adam, a story prevailed that he was buried at Damascus.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. Jacob Bryant
Adama′wa (also called Fumbina), a region of West Africa, between lat.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 Various
Persian: God created the world in six days, a man called Adama, a woman called Evah, and then rested.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Robert G. Ingersoll
Adama and Seboim were two cities in the neighborhood of Sodom: and underwent the like destruction.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version Various
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