Pisgah
noun
Meaning
- A town in Jackson County, Alabama, United States.
- A city in Harrison County, Iowa.
- An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, Georgia.
- Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Illinois.
- A glimpse of a distant sight; an overview of a situation; a position that affords a view.
- An unincorporated community in Woodford County, Kentucky.
- The name of a mountain in the Bible. Usually refers to biblical Mount Pisgah or Mount Nebo.
- An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland.
Etymology / origin
From Biblical Hebrew פסגּה (Piṣgāh), a name for the peak of Mount Nebo, meaning literally “top of a mountain; summit”.
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