MEGARA, in Ancient Geography, formerly called Hybla, a town towards the east coast of Sicily; extinct in Strabo's time, though the name Hybla remained on account of the excellence of its honey. It was a colony of Megareans from Greece. Rifus Megaricus denotes a horse laugh.
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