Maiuma

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

  • 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

  • May Day, modern festival; Maiuma was one of its predecessors
  • All pages with titles beginning with Maiuma
  • All pages with titles containing Maiuma
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