Dan
Dan, and older name Laish, is an ancient city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, described as the northernmost city of the Kingdom of Israel, and belonging to the tribe of Dan, its namesake.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of around 180 metres (590 feet)
- Description: ancient city in northern Israel
- Also known as“Laish”“Leshem”“Mound of the Judge”“Tel el Qady”“Tell el Qadi”
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Dan
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Latitude
33.24863° or 33° 14′ 55″ north
Longitude
35.65238° or 35° 39′ 9″ east
Open location code
8G5Q6MX2+FX
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Dan” goes by many names.
Tel DanAfrikaans
تل القاضيArabic
دانArabic
DanAzerbaijani
Dan (antik şəhər)Azerbaijani
ДанBulgarian
Tel DanCatalan
Tel DanCebuano
丹 (古城)Chinese
但城 (古城)Chinese
利善Chinese
Tel DanCzech
DanDutch
LaiŝEsperanto
LeŝemEsperanto
Tel DanEsperanto
תל אל-קאדיHebrew
תל דןHebrew
תל השופטHebrew
DanIndonesian
Tel DanIndonesian
DanItalian
LaisItalian
LaishItalian
LesemItalian
Tel DanItalian
ダンJapanese
단Korean
라이사Korean
라이스Korean
레셈Korean
Tel DanNorwegian
Tel DanNorwegian Bokmål
شهر باستانی دنPersian
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