Greek-and-Roman-Geography-terms-letters-G-H

 

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

Bu kez bir Türk'ün penceresinden.

G ve H harfleri

*

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

This time from the window of a Turk. 

Letters G & H

*

Tufts original	Meaning	Turkic word	Meaning	Further info
Galaesus/Γαλαῖσος	a small river of Calabria	?kala: castle	su: water
Galepsus	A colony of Thasos, on the coast of Thrace		su: water
Genusus	a river of Illyricum		su: water
Gephyra	a place in Attica at the bridge over the Cephissus	köprü	bridge	>Gephyrians
Gerae/Erae	a place on the coast of Ionia	Yer/Ger	place, soil, earth
Gerases	a river of Dacia	Ger: place, soil, earth	su: water	Yersu
GERGIS, GERGI´THUS, GERGI´THES (Γέρψις, Γέρψιθος, Γέρψιθες: Eth. Γερψίθιος)	Gergis is called a strong place; in Troas	Turkic root ger-: to surround, to surround with walls (Hasan Eren)	Towns in today’ Türkiye: Akkermen, Germencik
Gevini	mentioned by Ptolemy as a population of European Sarmatia (3.5.24) lying to the north of the Carpiani, and the south of the Bodini, Buchowinia is as likely a place as any for these Gevini. The name of this locality is generally deduced from Buch==Beech-tree,so that it==the land of the beeches	Kayın/Kadın	beech tree
GNOSUS, GNOSSUS. [CNOSUS]	royal city of Crete, situated to the N. of the island, SE. of Matium, and 23 M. P. from Gortyna (Peut. Tab.). It originally was called CAERATUS(Καίρατος, Strab. x. p.476) from the small river of that name which flowed beneath its walls.		su: water
Gorgon	It is a small island, only about 8 miles in circumference, but elevated and rocky, rising abruptly out of the sea, which renders it a conspicuous object from a distance	korku > Korkunç	fear > terrible	>Gorgonen?
Gorgylus	a river in Ancient Greek	Korkulu	fearsome
*H
Habessus	was an ancient coastal city in Lycia	kaba-?> to swell, rise	su: water
Halesus	a small, river of Ionia in Asia Minor, descending from Mount Cercaphus, and emptying itself, after a short course, into the Aegean near Colophon.		su: water
Halicarnassus	a Greek city on the coast of Asia Minor		su: water
Halonnessus	an island in the Aegaean sea		su: water
Ἅλυς / Halys	Kizilirmak	AL	red	Kizil: red irmak: river
Harpasus/Arpasus	a river in Caria	arpa: barley	su: water
Harpassus	Arpaçay in Türkiye			I have already written about these hydronmys in my blog Harpasus=Arpa-Su
Helisson 2x	A river in Arcadia, and a tributary of the Alpheius.         2.A river near Sicyon.		su: water
Hierasus	a river of Dacia	yer? (land, earth)	su: water
Horta	An Etruscan city	orta	the place of the King
Hyssus	Ὕσσος), a small river in the east of Pontus, 180 stadia to the east of Trapezus.	?Is: warm	su: water

*

Uzunbacak Adem