(anc. geog.), a district in the desert of the Saracens, (so called from Cedar, the son of Ishmael, according to Jerome, who in another place says that Kedar was uninhabitable), on the north of Arabia Felix. Kedareni, the people; who dwelt in tents like the other Scenites (Psalms cxx.), were rich in cattle (Isaiah lx.), of a swarthy complexion (Canticles i.), and excellent at the bow (Isaiah xxi.).