Brewer's: Orotalt

according to the Greek writers, was the Bacchus of the ancient Arabs. This, however, is a mistake, for the word is a corruption of Allah Taala (God the Most High).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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