Tanis
noun
1.
an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
noun
1.
an ancient city located in the E part of the Nile delta: abandoned after the 6th century ad; at one time the capital of Egypt Biblical name Zoan
(Ezek. 30:14, marg.). See ZOAN.
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