How to Pronounce Patara
PAT-uh-rah
Patara is pronounced PAT-uh-rah (ˈpætərə): three syllables, stress on the first. Also heard: PAT-uh-ruh.
What does Patara mean?
Patara means “trodden under foot”.
Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.
Where was Patara?
A city on the south-west coast of Lycia at which Paul landed on his return from his third missionary journey (Acts 21:1, 2). Here he found a larger vessel, which was about to sail across the open sea to the coast of Phoenicia. In this vessel he set forth, and reached the city of Tyre in perhaps two or three days.
Adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain.
Also pronounced
PAT-uh-ruh
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