Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "Anṣanā — ܐܢܨܢܐ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/1479
    
        
            
                
                    Anṣanā
                    ܐܢܨܢܐ
                    ܐܰܢܨܢܐ
                    انصنا
                    Ausana
                    أَنْصِنا
                    The seat of a bishop named Theodore whose biography, no longer extant, was ascribed to Zacharias Rhetor.
                    
                        Attestation of name أَنْصِنا in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
                    
                    Moosa's transcription "Ausana" is a typo for "Ansana".
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                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
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                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
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                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        
              Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
            
                        
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