Ophir

From Hebrew אוֹפִיר. Mentioned as a place in the Bible;^[1] modern scholars have been unable to determine where it was located.

Ophir

1. (historical, Christianity) A city or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its gold.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter X, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 142:

     However, September came, and with it my second brother; and his companion for the shooting season was the young, handsome, and lively Henry O'Byrne, descended from kings whose crown was old enough to have been made of the gold of Ophir.

   • 1926, William Stanley Braithwaite, Anthology of Magazine Verse (page 264)

     Rosetime, rosetime, rosetime in gardens,
     Pink cascades of beauty flowing down the wall,
     Red drops of heart's blood spilt among the grasses,
     Fabled Gold of Ophir raining over all.

2. A locality in Cabonne Council, New South Wales, Australia.
3. A sparsely populated farming community in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
4. A small settlement in Otago, New Zealand.
5. A ghost town in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
6. An unincorporated community in Placer County, California.
7. A town and home rule municipality of San Miguel County, Colorado.
8. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
9. An unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon.
10. A tiny town in Tooele County, Utah; a suburb of Salt Lake City.

• Ophir City

• Ofir, a beach located in Esposende, Braga district, Portugal.

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