Thomas A. Carlson (ed.), "Rafaniyya — ܪܦܢܝܗ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/496
    
        
            
                
                    Rafaniyya
                    ܪܦܢܝܗ
                    ܦܰܢܺܝܗ
                    رفنية
                    Raphina
                    رَفَنِيّة
                    A city of western Syria.
                    
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                        Attestation of name رَفَنِيّة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī.
                        
                    
                    
                        
                        
                    
                    Dolabani or his printer dropped off the first consonant of the name.
          Moosa's transcription "Raphina" is non-standard.
          http://syriaca.org/place/496
                    http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668350
                    
                        ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ
                        
                        559
                    
                    
                        كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية
                        
                        517
                    
                    
                        The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences
                        
                        554
                    
                    
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                        Muʿjam al-buldān
                        
              Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī
            
                        
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