Maiuma
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Maiuma, Maiumas, Maiouma, Maïouma or Maioumas is the name of an ancient festival and related toponyms. Maiuma may refer to:
- Maiuma (city), ancient port city of Gaza
- Maiuma (festival), ancient water festival dedicated to Dionysus and Aphrodite
Other locations
[edit]- Betomarsea-Maiumas, near Charachmoba (today's al-Karak), known from the Madaba Map
- Maiumas (civitas Maiuma Ascalonitis), the 6th-c. harbour of Ascalon, known from Piacenza Pilgrim's itinerarium, perhaps today's Khirbat al-Ashraf
- Maiumas or Kefar Shuni, also Shumi/Shami, later Khirbat Miyāmās, Khirbat al-Shuna, today in Binyamina
See also
[edit]- May Day, modern festival; Maiuma was one of its predecessors
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