Index of Places
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Sacristy — ܐܝܪܛܝܘܢ
(building)
Names: SacristyAn addition to the Church of Edessa by Bishop Nonnus around A.D. 448URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2598
Ṣadad (settlement)
Names: ṢadadA town northeast of Qara and west of al-Qaryatayn.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/276
Saint Petersburg
— ܦܛܪܘܣܒܘܪܓ
(settlement)
Names: Saint PetersburgPetersburgLeningradURI: http://syriaca.org/place/848
Ṣalaḥ
— ܨܠܚ
(settlement)
Names: ṢalaḥSalaḥṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2
Salamiyya
— ܣܠܡܝܗ̇
(settlement)
Names: SalamiyyaSalamyaA village in Syria.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/411
Salmān Pāk
— ܣܠܡܐܢ ܒܐܟ
(settlement)
Names: Salmān PākSalman PakA modern city on the Tigris south of Baghdad which partially overlaps the ancient city of Ctesiphon.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/522
ʻSalmas, Siirt and Jilu’ (diocese)
Names: ʻSalmas, Siirt and Jilu’ʻSalmas, Seert and Jīlū’URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2363
Samosata —
(region)
Names: SamosataThe region around the city of SamosataURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2839
Samosata
— ܫܡܝܫܛ
(settlement)
Names: SamosataA town on the Euphrates northwest of Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/178
Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܜ
(diocese)
Names: SamosataSamosataThe diocese associated with the city of SamosataURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2607
Samsun
— ܨܐܡܨܘܢ
(settlement)
Names: SamsunA port city on the Black Sea in northern central Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/480
Sanīr
— ܣܢܝܪ
(mountain)
Names: SanīrSinnirA mountain in southwestern Syria.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/497
Saqrā
— ܣܩܪܐ
(settlement)
Names: SaqrāSaqraA village near the Monastery of Qenneshre.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1518
Sarephta (settlement)
Names: SarephtaA coastal town between Sidon and Tyros.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/179
Sārī
— ܐܣܬܝܪ
(settlement)
Names: SārīSari AwastirṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/428
Sarkhas (settlement)
Names: SarkhasA city of Khurasan between Naysābūr and MervURI: http://syriaca.org/place/3001
Ṣarrīn (settlement)
Names: ṢarrīnSerrinSirrinA village in modern Syria near the Euphrates.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/655
al-Sawād
— ܠܚܩܐ
(region)
Names: al-Sawādsouthern IraqA fertile region in southern Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/691
Ṣawro
— ܨܘܪܐ
(settlement)
Names: ṢawroṢawrṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/4
Ṣaydnāyā (settlement)
Names: ṢaydnāyāA village north of Damascus and southwest of Maʿlula.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/280
al-Ṣaymara (settlement)
Names: al-ṢaymaraA city in Mihrijānqadhaq in western IranURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2975
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
Scythopolis (settlement)
Names: ScythopolisA city near the Jordan river east of Caesarea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/180
Scythopolis — ܒܝܫܢ
(diocese)
Names: ScythopolisScythopolisThe diocese associated with the city of ScythopolisURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2712
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
Sebaste (settlement)
Names: SebasteA Roman city on the Cilician coast.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/181
Seleucia — ܣܠܘܩܝܐ
(diocese)
Names: SeleuciaSeleuciaThe diocese associated with the city of Seleucia PieriaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2713
Seleucia
— ܣܠܝܩ
(settlement)
Names: Seleucia"Located on the Tigris, south of modern Baghdad."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/182
Seleucia in Isauria — ܣܠܘܩܝܐ ܕܝܣܘܪܝܐ
(diocese)
Names: Seleucia in IsauriaSeleucia in IsauriaThe diocese associated with the city of Seleucia in IsauriaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2714
Seleucia Pieria (settlement)
Names: Seleucia PieriaA port city west of Antioch.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/183
Seleucia-Ctesiphon
— ܣܠܝܩ ܘܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ
(diocese)
Names: Seleucia-Ctesiphonal-MadāʾinDiocese which became the patriarchal diocese of the Church of the East, based in Kokhe, but often referred to by modern scholars as Seleucia-Ctesiphon.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2615
Sema — ܣܡܐ
(building)
Names: SemaA villa called SemaA villa where Theodore the Castrensis resided after his retirement from imperial serviceURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2841
Seminary of Khosrowa (building)
Names: Seminary of KhosrowaSeminary of KhosrōwāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2530
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
Serai d-Mahmideh (settlement)
Names: Serai d-MahmidehSerai d'MahmidehURI: http://syriaca.org/place/868
Serdica — ܣܪܕܝܩܐ
(settlement)
Names: SerdicaSardicaA city in Thrace, modern Sofia in BulgariaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2715
Sergiopolis (settlement)
Names: SergiopolisReṣafaRusafaA town southwest of Kallinikos.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/165
Serugh
— ܣܪܘܓ
(settlement)
Names: SerughSarujSarugAn ancient city where Jacob of Serugh was bishop.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/48
Seven Martyrs
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܣ̈ܕܐ ܫܒܥܐ
(monastery)
Names: Seven MartyrsMonastery of the Seven MartyrsA monastery near Fārīn.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1500
Shabakhtān
— ܫܒܟܬܐܢ
(region)
Names: ShabakhtānShabakhtanA medieval region east of Edessa and north of Harran, mentioned in Arabic chronicles from the Crusader period.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/689
Shagre
— ܫܓܪ̈ܐ
(settlement)
Names: ShagreShaghrA village near Qlisuro.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/550
Shahr-gird (settlement)
Names: Shahr-girdShāhrgardA city in Beth Garmai.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/870
Shahrazūr (region)
Names: ShahrazūrA wide district in western Iran between Erbil and HamadānURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2985
Shalabdīn
— ܫܠܒܕܝܢ
(diocese)
Names: ShalabdīnShalabdinSeat of a bishop about 1174.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1488
al-Shammāsiyya (quarter)
Names: al-ShammāsiyyaA neighborhood of BaghdadURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2967
Shaqlāwa (settlement)
Names: ShaqlāwaShanqlabadShaqlāwāShanqlābādA town near Arbela.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/259
Sharfeh (monastery)
Names: Sharfeh"The name refers to the tip of a height dominating the towns of Darʿūn and Ḥarīṣa, located some 25 km. to the northeast of Beirut."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/232
Shawarzaq
— ܫܘܪܙܩ
(settlement)
Names: ShawarzaqA village of Beth Nuhadra.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1521
Shaykh ʿAdī (temple)
Names: Shaykh ʿAdīShaikh ‘AdiMār Yōḥannān and Mār ĪshōʿsabrānShaykh AdīShaykh ‘AdīMār Yōḥannān and Mār ĪshōsabrānMār Yōḥannān and Mār Īshō‘sabrānThe main Yezidi shrine in Lālish, which according to a Syriac text forged in the 19th century was originally a monastery.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2504
Shaʿb
— ܫܥܒ
(settlement)
Names: ShaʿbShabSha‘bA village south of Mardin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/693
Shemsdīn (diocese)
Names: ShemsdīnʻRustāqā, Ṭārōn, and Ūrmī’ʻSciabathan’ShāpātanʻSepatkai’ShāpātʻShaptan’ʻSolotam’URI: http://syriaca.org/place/2373
Shenna (settlement)
Names: ShennaShennā d'Beṯ RammanA city in northern Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/869
Shenna d-Beth Ramman (diocese)
Names: Shenna d-Beth RammanShennā d'Beṯ RammanURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2374
Shīḥā
— ܫܝܚܐ
(settlement)
Names: ShīḥāShiḥaA village near Cyrrhus.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1503
Shiqinān (mountain)
Names: ShiqinānThe mountains from which the Mihrān River flowsURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2951
Shura (settlement)
Names: ShuraSuraA town on the Euphrates west of Kallinikos.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/185
Shushtar (settlement)
Names: ShushtarShushterinTustarSusterShūshterA city in Khuzistan.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/186
Sidon (settlement)
Names: SidonA coastal city between Beirut and Tyros.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/187
Siirt
— ܣܥܪܬ
(settlement)
Names: SiirtSeertSʿertSeʿertSertS‘ertSeertSe‘ert"A city in eastern Turkey, southwest of Lake Van."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/188
Sinjar (diocese)
Names: SinjarSinjārBeṯ ʿArabāyeBeṯ ArabāyeBeṯ ‘ArabāyeURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2377
Sinjar
— ܫܝܓܪ
(settlement)
Names: SinjarShiggarSingaraSingarSinjārA town west of Mosul and east of Mount Sinjar.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/184
Sīnjis
— ܣܝܢܓܣ
(settlement)
Names: SīnjisSinjisA village near Claudia, near which is the Dayro d-Modiq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/558
al-Sīrawān (settlement)
Names: al-SīrawānA city in Māsabadhān in western IranURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2976
Sirmium — ܣܪܡܝܘܢ
(settlement)
Names: SirmiumSirmiumA city in PannoniaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2716
Širwān
— ܫܝܪܘܢ
(settlement)
Names: ŠirwānSherwanA village northeast of Siirt.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/505
Sis
— ܣܝܣ
(settlement)
Names: SisSīsA city in Cilicia which was the capital of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/190
Sivas
— ܣܝܘܐܣ
(settlement)
Names: SivasA city in central Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1504
Siyagut (settlement)
Names: SiyagutAn Assyrian settlement in the Šarur region of Northwest NakhchivanURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2557
Skanthin — ܣܩܢܬܝܢ
(settlement)
Names: SkanthinSkanthinA settlement, perhaps the same as ScythopolisURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2717
Smyrna — ܣܡܘܪܢܐ
(settlement)
Names: SmyrnaSmyrnaA city on the Aegean coast of AnatoliaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2718
Smyrna — ܣܡܘܪܢܐ
(diocese)
Names: SmyrnaSmyrnaThe diocese associated with the city of SmyrnaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2719
Sophene
— ܐܬܪܐ ܕܨܘܦܢܝ̈ܐ
(region)
Names: SopheneSufniyyin provinceA region north of Maypherqaṭ.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/493
St. Antony (monastery)
Names: St. AntonyA monastery in Egypt, 334 km southeast of Cairo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/668
St. Barbara
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܒܪܒܪܐ
(monastery)
Names: St. BarbaraBarbara MonasteryA monastery near Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/346
St. Barbara
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܩܕܝܫܬܐ ܒܪܒܪܐ
(monastery)
Names: St. BarbaraBarbara MonasteryA second "St. Barbara" monastery mentioned by Barsoum in his description of St. Barbara.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/551
St. Barbara
— ܥܕܬܐ ܕܒܪܒܪܐ
(church)
Names: St. BarbaraChurch of BarbaraA church in Aleppo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1487
St. Catherine
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ
(monastery)
Names: St. CatherineMonastery of St. CatherineMount Sinai MonasterySinai"The Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai was founded in the 6th cent. It had a multicultural community prior to the Ottoman period when it became entirely Greek."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/368
St. Cosmas Church
— ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܩܘܙܡܐ
(church)
Names: St. Cosmas ChurchA church in the Ṭuro Briko outside of Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/692
St. John the Baptist
— ܗܝܟܠܐ ܡܪܝ ܝܘܚܢܢ ܡܥܡܕܢܐ
(church)
Names: St. John the BaptistChurch of St. John the BaptistA church probably in Amid.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1520
St. Mark
— ܕܝܪܐ ܕܡܪܝ ܡܪܩܘܣ ܐܘܢܓܠܝܣܛܐ ܘܕܡܪܬܝ ܡܪܝܡ
(monastery)
Names: St. MarkMonastery of St. MarkMark the Evangelist Monastery and the Virgin MonasteryMonastery of the Syriansmonastery of St MarkSaint Mark's (West Syrian)"Said to be located on the site of the Last Supper and named after the Evangelist, the monastery is situated on Mount Zion in Jerusalem."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/388
Sukhna
— ܣܟܢܗ
(settlement)
Names: SukhnaA town on the desert road between Palmyra and Dayr al-Zor.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/514
Sulaymāniyya (settlement)
Names: SulaymāniyyaSulemaniyyaSuleimaniyaA modern city in northern Iraq east of Kirkuk and southeast of Erbil.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/192
Sumatar Harabesi (settlement)
Names: Sumatar HarabesiA ruined village between Edessa and Ḥarran.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/643
Sura — ܫܘܪܐ
(diocese)
Names: SuraSuraThe fortress called SuraThe diocese associated with the city of SuraURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2720
Ṣurta — ܨܘܪܬܐ
(unknown)
Names: ṢurtaSurthaA place on the banks of the TigrisURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2844
Sycae — ܣܘܩܘܣ
(quarter)
Names: SycaeSycae beyond the waterA quarter of the city of Constantinople across the Golden HornURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2845
Synada — ܣܘܢܕܐ
(diocese)
Names: SynadaSynadaThe diocese associated with the city of SynadaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2721
Synagogue in Kalesh — ܒܝܬ ܪܒܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܫܒܬܐ
(synagogue)
Names: Synagogue in KaleshThe great synagogue-houseA synagogue in the village of KaleshURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2846
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
Syria II (province)
Names: Syria IIA Roman province including Apamea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/176