Index of Places

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    ابهر
    Abhar (settlement) Names: AbharA city between Qazwīn and ZanjānURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2984
    اثارب
    Litarba — ܐܬܐܪܒ (fortification) Names: LitarbaAthārbURI: http://syriaca.org/place/283
    احمدية
    al-Aḥmadiyya — ܐܚܡܕܝܗ (settlement) Names: al-AḥmadiyyaA village in al-Ṣawr region.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1481
    ادنة
    Adana — ܐܛܢܗ (settlement) Names: AdanaA city on the Seyhan River in south-eastern Anatolia, near the Mediterranean coast.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/15
    اذربيجان
    Adharbayjān — ܐܕܪܒܝܓܐܢ (region) Names: AdharbayjānAzerbaijanAzerbayjanA region west of the Caspian Sea, encompassing the modern country of Azerbaijan and the provinces of northwest Iran.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/5
    اذريس
    Adriatic Sea (open-water) Names: Adriatic SeaThe sea between Italy and GreeceURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2936
    اربل
    Arbela — ܐܪܒܝܠ (settlement) Names: ArbelaErbilArbil"Capital of modern Kurdistan, in eastern Iraq."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/13
    اربو
    Arbo — ܐܪܒܘ (settlement) Names: ArboṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/540
    ارة
    al-Āra (settlement) Names: al-ĀraA village of al-BaḥraynURI: http://syriaca.org/place/3014
    ارجان
    Arragan (settlement) Names: ArraganA village in Fars.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/672
    اردبيل
    Ardabīl (settlement) Names: ArdabīlURI: http://syriaca.org/place/798
    اردشير خره
    Ardashir Khurrah (settlement) Names: Ardashir KhurrahA city of Fars.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/671
    اردن
    Jordan (river) Names: JordanA river which flows into the Dead Sea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/599
    اردي
    Arday — ܐܪܕܝ (island) Names: ArdayArdaiOne of the islands in Beth QaṭrayeURI: http://syriaca.org/place/3008
    اردي وتدورو
    Arday and Toduru — ܓܙܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܐܪܕܝ ܘܕܬܘܕܘܪܘ (diocese) Names: Arday and ToduruLes Ȋles de Ardai et de TȏdourouA diocese for the islands of Arday and Toduru in Beth QaṭrayeURI: http://syriaca.org/place/3027
    ارزروم
    Erzurum — ܐܪܙܪܘܡ (settlement) Names: ErzurumA city in northeastern Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/484
    ارزنجان
    Erzincan — ܐܪܙܢܓܐܢ (settlement) Names: ErzincanArzenjānURI: http://syriaca.org/place/284
    ارزون
    Arzun — ܐܪܙܘܢ (settlement) Names: ArzunArzonGhurzānURI: http://syriaca.org/place/285
    ارسناس
    Arsanias (river) Names: ArsaniasA river of eastern Anatolia which flows from north of Lake Van into the Euphrates above Melitene.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/28
    ارشميشاط
    Arsamosata — ܐܪܫܡܝܫܛ (settlement) Names: ArsamosataSamosataKabiyaKa‘biyaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/286
    ارض نوح
    Arḍ Nūḥ (settlement) Names: Arḍ NūḥA village of al-BaḥraynURI: http://syriaca.org/place/3026
    ارضشام
    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
    ارك
    Arak — ܐܪܟ (settlement) Names: ArakA village on the desert road between Palmyra and Sukhna.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/515
    ارمينية
    Armenia — ܐܪܡܢܝܐ (region) Names: ArmeniaA mountainous region between the Caspian Sea and eastern Anatolia, south of Georgia and north of Kurdistan.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/576
    ارند
    Orontes (river) Names: OrontesʿĀṣīĀṣī‘ĀṣīA river of Syria which runs from southwest of Emesa north to Antioch.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/147
    اريحا
    Jericho (settlement) Names: JerichoA town near the Jordan river east of Jerusalem.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/105
    ازخ
    Āzakh — ܐܙܟ (settlement) Names: ĀzakhAzekhIdilURI: http://syriaca.org/place/287
    ازميد
    Izmīd — ܐܙܡܝܕ (settlement) Names: IzmīdIsmitNicomediaAncient Nicomedia, a city in northwestern Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/502
    اسفس
    Isfis — ܐܣܦܣ (settlement) Names: IsfisIsfesURI: http://syriaca.org/place/288
    اسقيط
    Scetis — ܐܣܩܝܛ (region) Names: ScetisSceteURI: http://syriaca.org/place/289
    اسكندرونة
    Iskenderun (settlement) Names: IskenderunAlexandrettaA coastal city north of Antioch.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/663
    اسكندرية
    Alexandria — ܐܠܟܣܢܕܪܝܐ (settlement) Names: AlexandriaA city in Egypt.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/572
    اصبهان
    Ispahan (settlement) Names: IspahanURI: http://syriaca.org/place/830
    اعشاش
    al-Aʿshāsh (unknown) Names: al-AʿshāshA place near MeccaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2917
    افامية
    Apamea — ܐܘܦܡܝܐ (settlement) Names: ApameaQalʿat al-MadīqQalat al-MadīqQal‘at al-Madīq"One of the earliest Hellenistic city foundations in Syria, Apamea, situated on the Orontes ca. 90 km. south of Antioch, from the 2nd cent. onwards was an important center of Middle- and Neo-Platonist philosophy."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/11
    افريقية
    North Africa (region) Names: North AfricaThe region north of the Sahara desert.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1178
    افسس
    Ephesus — ܐܦܣܘܣ (settlement) Names: EphesusA city in western Asia Minor.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/623
    افغانستان
    Afghanistan — ܐܦܓܐܢܣܬܐܢ (region) Names: AfghanistanΑfghanistanA region of Central Asia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1523
    اقسراي
    Aqsarāy — ܐܩܣܪܐܝ (settlement) Names: AqsarāyAksarayURI: http://syriaca.org/place/290
    اكسفرد
    Oxford — ܐܟܣܦܘܪܕ (settlement) Names: OxfordURI: http://syriaca.org/place/861
    اكل
    Ingila — ܐܓܠ (settlement) Names: IngilaAgelA town on the Tigris northwest of Amida.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/102
    الين
    Ālīn (settlement) Names: ĀlīnṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/536
    ام جعفر
    Umm Jaʿfar — ܐܡ ܓܥܦܪ (quarter) Names: Umm JaʿfarUmm JafarUmm Ja‘farPart of the western side of Baghdad.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1496
    اماسية
    Amāsiyya — ܐܡܐܣܝܐ (settlement) Names: AmāsiyyaAmasyaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/292
    امد
    Amida — ܐܡܝܕ (settlement) Names: AmidaAmidDiyarbakırOmidDiyarbakirĀmidDiyārbakr"City in upper Mesopotamia."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/8
    اناضول
    Anatolia — ܐܢܐܛܘܠ (region) Names: AnatoliaAsia MinorThe peninsula constituting the westernmost portion of Asia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/504
    انبار
    Peruz Shapur — ܐܢܒܐܪ (settlement) Names: Peruz Shapural-Anbāral-ʾAnbarAnbaral-ʾAnbaral-ʾAnbar"Large Sasanian city on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, the ruins are near present-day Falluja, ca. 60 km. west of Baghdad."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/211
    انحل
    Anḥil — ܐܢܚܠ (settlement) Names: AnḥilAnhilAnḥelEnḥelṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/24
    اندلس
    al-Andalus (region) Names: al-AndalusA region in the Iberian peninsulaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2923
    انصنا
    Anṣanā — ܐܢܨܢܐ (settlement) Names: AnṣanāAusanaThe seat of a bishop named Theodore whose biography, no longer extant, was ascribed to Zacharias Rhetor.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1479
    انطارادوس
    Antaradus — ܐܢܛܐܪܐܕܘܣ (settlement) Names: AntaradusAntaracusA port city in Syria, modern Ṭarṭūs.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1471
    انطاكية
    Antioch — ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ (settlement) Names: AntiochAntakya"City in the historical region of Syria (today in Turkey)."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/10
    انطون
    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
    انقرة
    Ancyra — ܐܢܩܘܪܐ (settlement) Names: AncyraAnkyraAnkaraA city of central Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/494
    اهواز
    Khuzistan (region) Names: KhuzistanA region east of the southern Tigris and north of the Persian Gulf.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/929
    اوانا
    Awāna (settlement) Names: AwānaAwānāA village in Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/679
    اورشليم
    Jerusalem — ܐܘܪܫܠܡ (settlement) Names: Jerusalem"As the birthplace of Christianity and the main destination of pilgrimage, Jerusalem played an important role for Christians of all Syr. traditions."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/104
    اورمية
    Urmia — ܐܘܪܡܝܐ (settlement) Names: UrmiaUrūmiyyaRīzāyaŪrmī"Urmia (Urūmiyya, Rīzāya), a city in northwest Iran, west of Lake Urmia, is first mentioned in E.-Syr. sources in 1111, whereas the mentioning of bishops in Azerbaijan (Hoshaʿ of Ganzak in 486, Ḥenanishoʿ in 605), testify to earlier presence of the Ch. of E. in this region."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/206
    اوروبا
    Europe — ܐܘܪܝܦܝ (region) Names: EuropeA continent west of Asia and north of Africa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/591
    اوريم
    Urima — ܐܘܪܝܡ (settlement) Names: UrimaOrimA town on the Euphrates west of Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/205
    ايسورية
    Isauria — ܐܝܣܘܪܝܐ (province) Names: IsauriaA Roman coastal province of south-central Anatolia north of the island of Cyprus.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/99
    ايطاليا
    Italy — ܐܝܛܐܠܝ (state) Names: ItalyA Mediterranean nation in southern Europe.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/592