Greek-and-Roman-Geography-terms-letters-M-N-O

 

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

Bu kez bir Türk'ün penceresinden.

M N ve O 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 M&N&O

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Tufts original	Meaning	Turkic word	Meaning	Further info
Macestus	a tributary of the river Rhyndacus		su: water	sus < > tus is possible
Marcodava	a town of Dacia	bark: house, dwelling place	ova/oba: cavity, valley
Marisus	a river of Dacia		su: water
Mermessus	a town in Troas or Mysia (unknown location)		su: water
Myonnesus	a promontory on the south-west of Lebedus, on the coast of Ionia, at the northern extremity of the bay of Ephesus.		su: water
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Naissus	an important town in Upper Moesia, situated in the district Dardania, upon an eastern tributary of the river Margus		su: water
Nasus	a town name		su: water
Nessus/Nestus	the river which constituted the boundary of Thrace and Macedonia in the time of Philip and Alexander		su: water
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Ochosbanes	a small river of Paplilagonia, falling into the bay of Armene, a little to the north of Sinope	ögüz	river	Like in „OXUS“
Ochus	A river in Central Asia (parallel to OXUS)	ögüz	river
Odessus	a town on the W. coast of the Euxine, at the mouth of the river	od: fire	su: water
OETA	a mountain in the south of Thessaly	ay: moon	tau: mountain
Ogygia	Homeric name	ok: tribe
Olgassys	a lofty and inaccessible mountain on the frontiers of Paphlagonia and Galatia	?ILGA	to raid on horse	<ILGAR~ILGAZ
Ordessus	an affluent of the Ister		su: water
ORGOCYNI	name of Scythian tribe	örgük	hair braiding	hörgüç: hump of a camel
Oritai	tribe of the sea-coast of Gedrosia,	Ori: high	tai: dag (mountain)	Arrian and Strabo have described them at some length. According to the former, they were an Indian nation,[10] who wore the same arms and dress as those people, but differed from them in manners and institutions.[11]According to the latter they were a race living under their own laws,[4]and armed with javelins hardened at the point by fire and poisoned.[12][1]
Ortacae	small stream of Elymais, which Pliny states flowed into the Persian Gulf;	orta: middle	?çai/sai: small river	like Yenissei
Ortagoreia	ΟΡΘΑΓΟΡΕΩΝ - town in Ancient Thrace	orta: middle	koru: protected place	I have written about that in my blog
Orthe	Ὄρθη a town of Perrhaebia in Thessaly	orta: middle	Ortu (an other possibility to write orta)
Othrys	a lofty chain of mountains, which shuts in the plain of Thessaly from the south	Otrug: island	Ortu~Otru: middle?
Ovilaba	a town of Noricumn, on the road from Laureacum to Augusta Vindelicorum	oba: dwelling place	OGUL/OVIL: Nachkommen, progeny
Oxus	River	Ögüz: river	AKSU: lit. white river

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