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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient kingdom east of the Dead Sea in present-day southwest Jordan. According to the Bible, its inhabitants were descendants of Lot. Archaeological exploration has traced settlement in the area to at least the 13th century BC.
- A city of southeast Utah on the Colorado River. It is a center for recreation in the Canyonlands.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See the extract.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun biblical The name given to the son of
Lot through his eldest daughter, in theHebrew Bible . - proper noun The
nation that purportedly traced theirancestry to Moab.
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Examples
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Disney Movie causes economic boomlet in Moab, Utah
Barsoomian update (the big movie, from ERBzine) « Third Point of Singularity 2010
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While I was in Moab, UT I ran across a jeep Rubicon with a Hemi engine.
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Disney Movie causes economic boomlet in Moab, Utah Beginning in April, Disney Studios will film the science-fiction fantasy movie “John Carter of Mars” (also known as “A princess of Mars”) in the Moab, Utah area.
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Film crews have been in Moab for more than a year, said Tara Penner, director of the Moab to Monument Valley Movie Commission.
Barsoomian update (the big movie, from ERBzine) « Third Point of Singularity 2010
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Disney Movie causes economic boomlet in Moab, Utah Beginning in April, Disney Studios will film the science-fiction fantasy movie “John Carter of Mars” (also known as “A princess of Mars”) in the Moab, Utah area.
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I have carefully examined the lands at the North and at the South of that most beautiful lake, the so-called Dead Sea, whose tranquil loveliness, backed by the grand plateau of Moab, is an object of admiration to all save patients suffering from the strange disease
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"Say ... ah ... didn't I see you in Moab this last spring?"
Foxfire...You're the News on Central Avenue johnny_mango 2004
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And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
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"Say ... ah ... didn't I see you in Moab this last spring?"
Archive 2004-10-01 johnny_mango 2004
hernesheir commented on the word Moab
I became friends with Frank D. Lemon, an old cowboy from Moab, back in the mid-1980's, when he was 90 years old. His 2 slim volumes of cowboy poetry, Rhymes of a Ranch Hand and More Rhymes of a Ranch Hand share an honored place on the shelves of my favorite books. The books show up on abebooks.com now and again.
December 17, 2010