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Kursi can be:
  • an Arabic word for throne
    Throne
    A throne is the official chair or seat upon which a monarch is seated on state or ceremonial occasions. "Throne" in an abstract sense can also refer to the monarchy or the Crown itself, an instance of metonymy, and is also used in many terms such as "the power behind the throne".-Thrones in ancient...

    , as in the Tunisian title Bey al-Kursi
  • another name for the Curonians
    Curonians
    The Curonians or Kurs were a people living on the Eastern shores of the Baltic who were eventually absorbed by the expansion of the Latvian and Lithuanian nations. They gave their name to the region of Courland . They spoke the Curonian language...

     (people in present Courland)
  • a placename in Estonia
    Estonia
    Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russian Federation...

    , see: Kursi, Estonia
  • the modern name for Gergesa
    Gergesa
    Gergesa, is a place on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee that is described in the New Testament Gospels of Mark and Luke...

    , the traditional site in Israel of the casting out of Jesus' miracle
    Miracles of Jesus
    According to the canonical Gospels of the Bible, Jesus Christ worked many miracles in the course of his ministry. These miracles may be categorized into four groups as cures, exorcisms, resurrection of the dead and control over nature....

     of casting out the legion of demons into a herd of swine
  • Kursi, Israel
    Kursi, Israel
    Kursi, Israel is the ruins of a Byzantine Christian monastery and now an Israeli national park.The site is located east of the Sea of Galilee on the bank of a river bed descending from the Golan Heights. It is significant to many Christians and Jews because it has been identified by tradition as...

    , a Byzantine monastery and national park in Israel