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Citium

 
Geography: Ci·ti·um
[ʹsēʃ(ē)əm]
(also called Cition; biblical name Kittim or Chittim)

Ancient city of SE Cyprus, on the site of present-day Larnaca. It was a Phoenician and Assyrian center.

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Citium (sĭsh'ēəm), ancient city of Cyprus, on the southeast coast, the modern Larnaca; also called Cition. Of Mycenaean origins, it was a major port with valuable saltworks and an important center under Phoenician and Assyrian rulers. It is identical with the biblical Kittim. Zeno was born there.


 
 

 

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