noun ashqelon city in SW Israel, on the Mediterranean: nearby is the site of an ancient city-state (often sp. Ashkelon) of the Philistines, 12th cent. b.c. (cf. I Sam. 6:17; Jer. 25:20): pop. 57,000 3
noun ashqelon a city in SW Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. 1
noun ashqelon an ancient city and modern archeological site N of Gaza. 1
