Ur-of-the-chaldees
[kal-deez, kal-deez] /kælˈdiz, ˈkæl diz/
noun
1.
the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
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