Index of Places
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Bektaş
— ܒܓܕܐܫܝܗ
(settlement)
Names: BektaşBagdashiyyaA village southwest of Mardin, near Kfartuto.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/47
Dayro d-Mor Yaʿqub
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܝܥܩܘܒ ܡܠܦܢܐ
(monastery)
Names: Dayro d-Mor YaʿqubJacob the Doctor of the Church MonasteryMār Yaʿqōb (West Syrian)Dayro d-Mor YaqubDayro d-Mor Ya‘qubMār Yaqōb (West Syrian)Mār Ya‘qōb (West Syrian)Dayr al-ZafarānDayr al-Za‘farānA monastery in Dayr al-Zaʿfarān.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/470
Chicago
— ܫܝܟܐܓܘ
(settlement)
Names: Chicago"One of the centers of the Assyrian diaspora in the USA."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/471
China
— ܨܝܢ
(region)
Names: China"it remains uncertain when Christians first reached the main, historically Chinese-speaking (Han), part of China."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/472
The Enaton
— ܐܢܛܘܢ
(region)
Names: The Enaton"A monastic district southwest. of Alexandria (Egypt) on the coastal road to Cyrene (Libya) which flourished esp. in the 5th to 7th cent."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/473
Ḥimyar (region)
Names: ḤimyarSouth Arabia"Himyar is the name of a geographical area in southwest Arabia as well as that of a tribal confederation in power from the 1st cent. BC to ca. AD 525."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/474
Kokhe (settlement)
Names: Kokhe"Also known as Veh-Ardashir or New Seleucia. Located on the Tigris, south of modern Baghdad, the name Kokhe is Aramaic in origin."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/475
School of Nisibis
— ܡܕܪܫܬܐ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ
(building)
Names: School of NisibisSchool of Nisibin"The School of Nisibis was an E.-Syr. institution of learning founded in part by refugees from the School of Edessa after the latter was forcibly closed by the religious and political authorities in 489, because it had become an exegetical circle of dyophysite Christians whose Antiochene theology was no longer welcome in a Roman Empire split by Christological controversy."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/476
Seminary of St. John (Mosul) (building)
Names: Seminary of St. John (Mosul)Seminary of St. JohnSéminaire Syro-Chaldéen St. JeanMaʿhad Mār Yūḥannā al-ḤabībMahad Mār Yūḥannā al-ḤabībMa‘had Mār Yūḥannā al-Ḥabīb"A prestigious Roman Catholic theological seminary in Mosul, Iraq, called Séminaire Syro-Chaldéen St. Jean in French."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/477
Turfan (settlement)
Names: Turfan"German excavations (1904–7), conducted near Bulayıq, north of Turfan, brought to light numerous fragmentary mss. evidently from the library of an E.-Syr. monastery."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/478
Xi'an (settlement)
Names: Xi'anSian-fuHsi-an fu"Ancient Chinese city in Shanxi Province."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/479
Serugh
— ܣܪܘܓ
(settlement)
Names: SerughSarujSarugAn ancient city where Jacob of Serugh was bishop.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/48
Samsun
— ܨܐܡܨܘܢ
(settlement)
Names: SamsunA port city on the Black Sea in northern central Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/480
Yeşil Irmak
— ܝܫܝܠ ܐܝܪܡܐܩ
(river)
Names: Yeşil IrmakA river which flows past Tokat and Amāsiyya before emptying into the Black Sea near Samsun.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/481
Dayr al-Zor
— ܕܝܪ ܐܠܙܘܪ
(settlement)
Names: Dayr al-ZorDayr al-ZurDeir al-ZorA city on the Euphrates southeast of al-Raqqa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/482
al-ʿAjjāja
— ܥܓܐܓܗ̈
(unknown)
Names: al-ʿAjjājaal-Ajjājaal-‘AjjājaA site east of the Khabur River in Mesopotamia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/483
Erzurum
— ܐܪܙܪܘܡ
(settlement)
Names: ErzurumA city in northeastern Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/484
Nuhayr al-Khawsir
— ܢܗܪܘܣܐ ܕܟܘܣܪ
(river)
Names: Nuhayr al-KhawsirKhuser CreekA tributary of the Tigris in northern Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/485
Syria
— ܣܘܪܝܐ
(region)
Names: SyriaA historical region bounded on the north by the Euphrates River and the Taurus Mountains, on the west by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east by the desert, and on the south by Palestine, which during the medieval period was considered the southernmost district of Syria.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/486
Lebanon
— ܠܒܢܢ
(region)
Names: LebanonA mountainous region in the central Levantine coast of the Mediterranean Sea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/487
Sea of Marmara
— ܝܡܐ ܕܡܪܡܪܐ
(open-water)
Names: Sea of MarmaraA small sea on the waterway between the Black Sea and the Aegean, south of Constantinople.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/488
Marsin
— ܡܪܣܝܢ
(settlement)
Names: MarsinMersinA port city on the Mediterranean Sea in southern Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/489
Beth Sbirino
— ܒܝܬ ܣܒܝܪܝܢܐ
(settlement)
Names: Beth SbirinoBsorinoBāsebrīnaBeth SeverianosBasibrinaṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/49
Tel Armān
— ܩܙܠܬܦܗ
(settlement)
Names: Tel ArmānTell al-ArmanTel ArmenA town south of Mardin near Dunaysar.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/490