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Ascalon (disambiguation)

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The word Ascalon comes from Ashkelon, a coastal city in Israel. It can refer to a number of possible topics:

Places

Ashkelon history related

  • Battle of Ascalon, considered the last action of the First Crusade
  • The lance (or in some versions of the story, sword) that Saint George used to slay the dragon, named after the city Ashkelon
  • The British World War II aeroplane used by Winston Churchill, named after the lance—an Avro York

Popular culture

Surname

A Jewish surname:

See also