The Definition of the word Hauran

Hauran

Cave-land, mentioned only in Ezek. 47:16, 18. It was one of the "ancient divisions of Bashan (q.v.), and lay on the south-east of" "Gaulanitis or the Jaulan, and on the south of Lejah, extending" from the Arnon to the Hieromax. It was the most fertile region "in Syria, and to this day abounds in the ruins of towns, many of" which have stone doors and massive walls. It retains its ancient "name. It was known by the Greeks and Romans as "Auranitis."