1) Destroyed city 
Its position, south-east of Nisibis, has not been clearly defined by ancient writers, Stephanus of Byzantium calling it a city of Arabia, near Edessa, and Ptolemy placing it on the Tigris. There can, however, be no doubt that it and the mountain near it, called by Ptolemy ὸ Σίγγαρας ὄρος, are represented at the present day by the di...[moth] Singara is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. ...