Rages

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Rages is an alternative name for the figure or entity known as Rayy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rages canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
alternateName Rai
Rayy
Rhages
associatedWith Gabael
Nineveh
Tobit
correspondsToModern Ray, Iran
describedAs city of the Medes
distanceFrom Nineveh (journey described in Book of Tobit)
linked to: Nineveh
hasBiblicalSpellingVariant Ragau
Rhagae
Rhegai
hasNameOrigin Greek transliteration of an older toponym
hasRole biblical place
languageVariantOf Rayy
locatedIn Media
ancient Iran
mentionedIn Book of Tobit
Hebrew Bible
linked to: Tanakh
modernCountry Iran
near Tehran
notableFor appearance in deuterocanonical literature
partOf Median Empire (historical region)
linked to: Median Empire
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
timePeriod ancient Near East
linked to: Ancient Near East
usedIn King James Version
Septuagint
Vulgate

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rayy hasAlternativeName Rages
Rey hasAlternativeName Rages
Ray knownAs Rages
Rhagae knownAs Rages
Rhages hasAlternativeName Rages