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Definition of Pelusiac

Pelusiac
Pelusiac Pe*lu"si*ac, a. [L. Pelusiacus.] Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.

Meaning of Pelusiac from wikipedia

- the delta had seven distributaries or branches, (from east to west): the Pelusiac the Tanitic the Mendesian the Phatnitic or Phatmetic (later the Damietta)...
- mapped all the branches of the ancient Delta and established that the Pelusiac branch was the easternmost during Ramesses' reign while the Tanitic branch...
- to silting and flood relief schemes. From east to west, they were: the Pelusiac, the Tanitic, the Mendesian, the Phatnitic (extant; now the Damietta or...
- Brook of Egypt is the name used in some English translations of the Bible (e.g., JPS 1917, NKJV, NLT) for the Hebrew נַחַל מִצְרַיִם‎, naḥal mizraim ("Wadi...
- eastern Nile delta. Their capital city was Avaris at a fork on the now-dry Pelusiac branch of the Nile. Memphis may have also been an important administrative...
- Cleopatra seems to have had no west–east waterway p****age, because the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, which fed Ptolemy's west–east canal, had by that time...
- New Kingdom the royal residence of Pi-Ramesses was abandoned because the Pelusiac branch of the Nile in the Delta became silted up and its harbour consequently...
- Bubastis was situated southwest of Tanis, upon the eastern side of the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. The nome and city of Bubastis were allotted to the...
- the eastern termination of the Royal canal, which communicated with the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, and which Ptolemy Philadelphus carried on from the...
- of Egypt in the 13th nome of Lower Egypt (the Heliopolite Nome), on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. This site is known for its distinctive pottery known...