Smyrna (smir'nah), myrrh. An ancient Ionian city on the western coast of Asia Minor. Revelation 1:11; Revelation 2:8. Smyrna has been repeatedly overthrown by earthquakes. Some few of the ruins of ancient Smyrna are still visible to the south of the modern city. The first cotton-seeds were conveyed to the United States from Smyrna, and planted in 1621.