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Greek-and-Roman-Geography-terms-letters-P-R

 



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

Bu kez bir Türk'ün penceresinden.


P ve R 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 P & R


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Tufts original

Meaning

Turkic word

Meaning

Further info

Pacyris

a river

Bakir

copper

the color of the water red?

Paesus

an ancient town on the coast of Troas, derived its name from the small river Paesus, on which it was situated, and now bears the name Beiram-Dere.

pay~bay: rich

su: water

small river? there is dam > BAYSU

Pagasae

a, town of Magnesia in Thessaly, and at the foot of the rocks are many copious sources of water, of which Strabo speaks

çay: small river, shallow



Palacium

A fortress on Crimea

balak: little child, son

the name of the last Scythian king of the region

BALIK? > city?

Pamisus (3x)

all name of a river


su: water


Panysus

a river of Moesia Inferior, flowing into the Euxine at Odessus (Varna)


su: water


Parnasus

a town in the northern part of Cappadocia, on the right bank of the Halys


su: water


Pegasus

a small town of Mysia, on the river Satnioeis, which is mentioned by Homer


su: water


Permessus

was a stream rising in Mount Helicon


su: water


Phrixus

a tributary of the Erasimus, in the Argeia


su: water


Phusipara

a town of the district of Melitene in Armenia Minor, between Ciniaca and Eusemara

ara:

the place between


Peingitae

a people in European Sarmatia

bengü: eternal

tae: ta? (Mountain)


Pinara

A large city of Lycia, at the foot of Mount Cragus, and not far from the western bank of the river Xanthus /2. A town of Cilicia

BINGAR

spring, mouth of a river


Pinarus

An ancient river SE Türkiye

BINGAR

BUNGAR: mist

near ISSUS: su : water

Pindassus

a mountain in the south of Mysia, a branch of Mount Temnus, stretching towards the Sinus Elaeus, and containing the sources of the river Cetius


su: water


Pisingara

town of uncertain site in Armenia Minor

ara:

place between


Priantae

a people of Thrace, on the Hebrus.

taw

mountain


Prinassus

a town in Caria, of uncertain site


su: water

uncertain! maybe on a bank if a river

Pyretus

A river in Scythia, Scythian Porata(possibly),[6]Hierasus (Ἱέρασος, Hiérasos) or Gerasius


su: water

Prut

Pyrustae

according to Strabo (vii. p.314), a tribe of Pannonia, but undoubtedly the same people as the Illyrian PIRUSTAE

taw

mountain


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Ramadava

A town in Dacia

ova/oba

dwelling place, camp


Rhosus

a coastal town in Hatay Province, Asian Turkey


su: water


Runicatae

an Alpine tribe in the north-east of Vindelicia between the Oenus and Danubius


tae: ta? (Mountain)



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Uzunbacak Adem

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