{"def":{"lit":"supremacy of the bridle","short":"Cyrene, a region of Africa","long":["a large and very flourishing city of Libya Cyrenaica or Pentapolitana, about 11 miles (17 km) from the sea"]},"deriv":"of uncertain derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"kyˈre.ne","ipa_mod":"cjuˈre̞.ne̞","sbl":"kyrēnē","dic":"koo-RAY-nay","dic_mod":"kyoo-RAY-nay"},"comment":"Among its inhabitants were a great number of Jews, whom Ptolemy I had brought there and invested with the right of citizens."}