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William Smith'in Yunan ve Roma Coğrafyası Sözlüğünden İsimler (1854)

Bu kez bir Türk'ün penceresinden.

A ve B harfleri

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Names from the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1854)

This time from the window of a Turk. 

Letters A & B 

Tufts original	Meaning	Turkic word	Meaning	Further info
Αὔνοβα.	Abnoba	Oba	Dwelling place, camp
ABRAUANNUS	a river of Britannia Barbara	Ab-:	to spring (of a water)
Ἀκάλανδρος	Akalandrus - a river of Lucania	ak-:	to flow	AKILI: that that flows
Ἄκης	Aces/Akes a river of Asia	ak-:	to flow
Ἀκεσίνης	Akesines: a river of Sicily	ak-:	to flow
Ἀκεσίνης	Akesines: the chief of the five great tributaries of the Indus,	ak-:	to flow
ACHARRAE	a town of Thessaly in the district Thessaliotis, on the river Pamisus	Aka ara / aka yer	ak: to flow, ara: space between / yer: place
Ἀχάτης	a small river in Sicily	ak-:	to flow
Ἀχελῷος	the largest and most celebrated river in Greece	Akığlığ	< Ak-: to flow, to stream meaning streaming, fluid, flowing.
Ἀχέρων	the name of several rivers	ak-:	to flow
ACIMINCUM	a station or permanent cavalry barrack in Pannonia.(An other name AKUNUM)	akın	flow; raid/invation
ACINCUM	a Roman colony and a strong fortress in Pannonia	akın	flow; raid/invation
Ἄκιρις	AKIRIS: a river of Lucania	ak-:	to flow
Ἄκις	a river of Sicily	ak-:	to flow
A´CTIUM	(Ἄκτιον: Eth. Ἄκτιος, Eth. Actius: Adj. Ἀκτιακός, Actiacus, also Ἄκτιος, Actius), a promontory in Acarnania	ak-:	to flow	Turkic AKTI: is flown
ADRUS	a river of Hispania Lusitanica,	ADIR-:	to separate > ADIRIS	that that separates sth?
AEGISSUS	a town in Moesia, near the mouth of the Danube	su	water	AGIZ: Mouth > The mouth of the water?
Agarus	a king of the Scythian	agar	Chuvash agar: dog	>Hung. agár: a hound dog
AGATHYRSI	Sarmatian Tribe		the same name with Akatziri?	No relation?
Apsarus	A river	ap-: to spring (of water)	saru: yellow, red
Apsus	a considerable river of Illyria	ap-: to spring (of water)	su: water
Apulia	a region in Italy, name comes from Iapygen	Yabaku	On of the ten enigmatic Türk tribes	I have written about this name in my blog
Aqua Tauri	another of the numerous watering-places of Etruria	Ak-: to flow (of water)	Tau: mountain	Tauri <Tau eri: mountain people?
Araxus	A promontory of Achaia	ARIK: pure, clean	su: water
Arcidava	A city in Dacia	Arka: back	(d) oba: dwelling place, camp	-d- between two consonants
Arosis	river which flowed into the Persian Gulf, forming the boundary of Susiana and Persis	ara: place in between	su: water
Assus	a river of Boeotia, flowing into the Cephissus	as/aš-: to pass (a mountain)?	su: water
Atamania	a district in the SE. of Epeirus, between Mount Pindus and the river Arachthus	Ata: Father	man: an old Turkic suffix, emphasizing „more“, „intensive“, etc.	I have written about this name in my blog
Athyras	a river of Thrace between Selymbria and Byzantium.	ADIR-:	to separate > ADIRIS
Aturus	Adour, a river	ADIR-:	to separate > ADIRIS
Aurunci	is the name given by Roman writers to an ancient race or nation of Italy	Orun	place to sit, simply place
Axon	a river of Caria, mentioned by Pliny	ak-: to flow; ak: white	su: water	AKSIN: let it flow
AXUS	which is identified with Ὄαξος(Steph. B. sub vocesituated on a river ( “rapidum Cretae veniemus Oaxen,” Verg. Ecl. 166), which, according to Vibius Sequester (Flum. p. 15), gave its name to Axus	ak-: to flow; ak: white	su: water	AKSU: white river
Balissus	a small river in Mesopotamia, below Carrhae, where the first battle took place between the soldiers of Crassus and the Parthians	Bal: mud	su: water	muddy river
Brodiontii	Bodiontici	BOD/BODI	tribe	BODIN/BODUN: tribes
Bagisara	Βαγίσαρα,: a place on the sea coast of Gedrosia in the territory of the Icthyophagi	Ara:	the place between
Bodiocasses	Baiocasses	BOD/BODI; Boy	tribe
Balissus	Βαλίσσος: a small river in Mesopotamia, below Carrhae	Bal: mud	su: water	muddy waters?
Barbesula	Βαρβησόλα, a town on the coast of Hispania Baetica, a little E. of Calpe, on a river of the same name		su: water
Bastarnae	one of the most powerful tribes of Sarmatia Europaea	bas-: (to press)	to swoop, to raid
Bata	village and harbour in Sarmatia Asiatica, on the Euxine, 400 stadia S. of Sinda, and near the mouth of the river Psychrus	batığ	swamp, marsh; the deepest point of a river	OGUZ word <BAT-: to sink
Bathinus	river of Dalmatia in Illyricum	bat-:	to sink
Bathynias	(Βαθύνιας), a river in Thrace, emptying itself into the Propontis not far from Byzantium. (Plin. Nat. 4.18; Ptol. 3.11.6.) This river is probably the same as the one called Bathyrsus by Theophanes	bat-: to sink	BATHYRSUS > SU: WATER
Bathys	a small river on the coast of Pontus	bat-:	to sink
Batini	German tribe: Modern writers connect the names Budissin or Budia with the ancient Butini.	BOD/BODI	tribe
Batinus	a river of Picenum, mentioned only by Pliny (3.13. s. 18	bat-:	to sink
Bubassus	a town in Caria		su: water
Budii	a tribe name	BOD/BODI	tribe
Budini	Botin: tribe name	BOD/BODI	tribe
Butadae	a demus of Attica, of uncertain site.	buta: bush	dae: Ta (Mountain)	Buta-Daa: Bushy hill?

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