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A [[City (EBD)|city]] of [[wikipedia:Asia Minor|Asia Minor]] on the coast of [[Mysia (EBD)|Mysia]], which in early times was called AEolisAeolis. The ship in which [[Paul (EBD)|Paul]] embarked at [[Caesarea (EBD)|Caesarea]] belonged to this city (Acts 27:2). He was conveyed in it only to [[Myra (EBD)|Myra]], in [[Lycia (EBD)|Lycia]], whence he sailed in an [[Alexandria (EBD)|Alexandrian]] ship to [[Italy (EBD)|Italy]]. It was a rare thing for a ship to sail from any port of [[Palestine (EBD)|Palestine]] direct for Italy. It still bears the name Adramyti, and is a place of some traffic.
{{returnto}} [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]] | [[Adramyttium]]

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