Kirjath-sannah

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Kirjath-sannah
     city of the sannah; i.e., of the palm(?), Josh. 15:49; the same
     as Kirjath-sepher (15:16; Judg. 1:11) and Debir (q.v.), a
     Canaanitish royal city included in Judah (Josh. 10:38; 15:49),
     and probably the chief seat of learning among the Hittites. It
     was about 12 miles to the south-west of Hebron.


     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Kirjath-sannah, city of enmity, or of a blackberry bush