Index of Places

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    باب توماء
    Bāb Tūmā (building) Names: Bāb TūmāA gate of Damascus.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/686
    بابعمود
    Bāb al-ʿAmūd — ܬܪܥܐ ܕܥܡܘܕܐ (quarter) Names: Bāb al-ʿAmūdBab al-ʿĀmūdBāb al-AmūdBāb al-‘AmūdBab al-ĀmūdBab al-‘ĀmūdA district of Jerusalem.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/557
    بابل
    Babylonia (region) Names: BabyloniaA region of Mesopotamia around the ancient city of Babylon.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/578
    بابله
    Bāb Allah — ܬܪܥ ܐܝܠ (building) Names: Bāb AllahBab AllahA gate of Aleppo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/570
    باتي
    Bote — ܒ̈ܬܐ (settlement) Names: BoteBātiṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin northeast of Midyat.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/240
    باجبارة
    Bājabbāra — ܒܝܬ ܓܢܒܪ̈ܐ (settlement) Names: BājabbāraBajabbaraURI: http://syriaca.org/place/294
    باجرمي
    Beth Garmai — ܒܝܬ ܓܪ̈ܡܝ (diocese) Names: Beth GarmaiBajermiBet GarmaiBeṯ GarmaïDāqūqā"An ecclesiastical province confined between the Lower Zab northward, the Tigris westward, the Diyālā river southward, and the mountains of Ḥimrīn eastward."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/33
    باخديدة
    Qaraqosh — ܒܝܬ ܟܘܕܝܕܐ (settlement) Names: QaraqoshBeth KhudaydaQaraqōshBeṯ Khūdaidā"A sizable town located to the east of Mosul, on the same road along which Barṭelle and Karamlish are located."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/262
    بادبة
    Beth Debe — ܒܝܬ ܕܒ̈ܐ (settlement) Names: Beth DebeBadebeṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/541
    بادغيس
    Bādaghīs (unknown) Names: BādaghīsA place three days journey from BūshanjURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2998
    بادية
    Bādiya — ܒܐܕܝܐ (settlement) Names: BādiyaA village perhaps near Tagrit.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1510
    بارمان
    Bārimmān — ܒܐܪܡܐܢ (settlement) Names: BārimmānBaremmānURI: http://syriaca.org/place/295
    بارومانة
    Bārūmāna — ܒܐܪܘܡܐܢܗ (settlement) Names: BārūmānaBarumanaRumanaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/296
    باريس
    Paris — ܦܐܪܝܣ (settlement) Names: ParisURI: http://syriaca.org/place/863
    بازبدي
    Beth Zabdai — ܒܝܬ ܙܒܕܝ (diocese) Names: Beth ZabdaiBazabdiA diocese of the Church of the East on the upper Tigris.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/39
    باسبرينة
    Beth Sbirino — ܒܝܬ ܣܒܝܪܝܢܐ (settlement) Names: Beth SbirinoBsorinoBāsebrīnaBeth SeverianosBasibrinaṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/49
    باسيلا
    Basila — ܒܐܣܝܠܐ (settlement) Names: BasilaA village near Mardin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1484
    باصخرا
    Bāṣikhrā — ܒܐܨܟܪܝܐ (settlement) Names: BāṣikhrāBaṣekhrāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/297
    باطرا
    Petra — ܦܐܛܪܐ (settlement) Names: PetraA town south of the Dead Sea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/157
    باعربا
    Beth ʿArbin (monastery) Names: Beth ʿArbinBeṯ ʿArbīnDair Bā ʿArbāBeth ArbinBeth ‘ArbinBeṯ ArbīnBeṯ ‘ArbīnDair Bā ArbāDair Bā ‘ArbāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2425
    باعربايا
    Beth ʿArbaye — ܒܐܥܪ̈ܒܐܝܐ (diocese) Names: Beth ʿArbayeBaʿarbāyāBet ArabayeBeth ArbayeBeth ‘ArbayeBaarbāyāBa‘arbāyā"Ecclesiastical province extending from Beth Zabdai northward, Balad southward, and Nisibis westward, the latter being its capital city."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/31
    باقسماط
    Paksimeṭ — ܦܩܝܣܡܐܛ (monastery) Names: PaksimeṭBaksimeṭBaqismāt MonasteryPhaqismāt MonasteryA monastery in Cilicia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/345
    باقسيان
    Beth Qustan — ܒܝܬ ܩܣܝܢܐ (settlement) Names: Beth QustanBaqsyanBet QustanṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/537
    باقوفا
    Baqufa — ܒܐܩܘܦܐ (settlement) Names: BaqufaBāqūfāURI: http://syriaca.org/place/298
    بالس
    Bālis — ܒܐܠܫ (settlement) Names: BālisBālsBālshPerpalisosMaskanaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/299
    بالو
    Bālū — ܒܐܠܘ (settlement) Names: BālūBalūMamūrat al-AzīzMa‘mūrat al-‘AzīzA town east of Maʿmūrat al-ʿAzīz.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/520
    بانب
    Anab — ܐܢܒ (settlement) Names: AnabBanebA village northwest of Aleppo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1515
    بانمعم
    Beth Manʿem — ܒܝܬ ܡܢܥܡ (settlement) Names: Beth ManʿemBanimʿimBeth ManemBeth Man‘emBanimimBanim‘imṬur AbdinṬur ‘AbdinA village in Ṭur ʿAbdin southeast of Midyat.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/243
    بانوهدرا
    Duhok — ܒܝܬ ܢܘܗܕܪܐ (settlement) Names: DuhokDehokBānuhadrāDuhukDohukA town in northern Iraq north of Alqosh and southeast of Zakho.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/76
    بترون
    Batrun — ܒܛܪܘܢ (settlement) Names: BatrunBotromA coastal town between Tripoli and Jubail.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/266
    بحر اوقيانوس
    Ocean (open-water) Names: OceanThe body of water thought to surround the dry land of Afro-EurasiaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2930
    بحر فارس
    Persian Gulf (open-water) Names: Persian GulfPersian gulfThe sea that separates the Arabian peninsula from Iran.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/156
    بحر قزبين
    Caspian Sea — ܝܡܐ ܕܩܙܒܝܢ (open-water) Names: Caspian SeaA large inland sea north of Iran and east of Adharbayjān.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/61
    بحر مرمرة
    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
    بحراخير
    Red Sea (open-water) Names: Red SeaThe sea between Egypt and ArabiaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2933
    بحرارمني
    Armenian Sea (open-water) Names: Armenian SeaA body of water with strong winds; it is unclear to which body of water the source refersURI: http://syriaca.org/place/3006
    بحراسود
    Black Sea — ܝܡܐ ܐܘܟܡܐ (open-water) Names: Black SeaA large sea north of Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/503
    بحرة
    al-Baḥra (settlement) Names: al-BaḥraA village of al-BaḥraynURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2898
    بحرروم
    Mediterranean Sea — ܝܡܐ ܡܨܥܝܐ (open-water) Names: Mediterranean SeaMediterraneanThe large sea which divides Europe from Africa and whose eastern waters reach Anatolia, Syria, and Egypt.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/135
    بحرهند وفارس والصين
    Indian Ocean (open-water) Names: Indian OceanThe ocean bordering East Africa, South Asia, and AustraliaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2929
    بحرين
    al-Baḥrayn — ܒܚܪܝܢ (diocese) Names: al-BaḥraynA place whose inhabitants received a letter from Ḥabīb b. Khidma Abū Rāʾiṭa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1507
    بحرين
    al-Baḥrayn (region) Names: al-BaḥraynA cluster of many towns and villages in the eastern part of Arabian PeninsulaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2941
    بحيرة اورمية
    Lake Urmia — ܝܡܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܡܝܐ (open-water) Names: Lake UrmiaLake UrmiyaA lake in northern Iran west of Tabriz and southeast of Lake Van.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/116
    بحيرة وان
    Lake Van — ܝܡܬܐ ܕܘܐܢ (open-water) Names: Lake VanA lake in the mountains to the north of Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/117
    بدليس
    Badlis — ܒܕܠܝܣ (settlement) Names: BadlisBadlīsBitlisBidlīsURI: http://syriaca.org/place/300
    بدي
    al-Badī (settlement) Names: al-BadīA village of al-BaḥraynURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2886
    برجة
    Perga — ܦܪܓܝ (settlement) Names: PergaA city in PamphyliaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1469
    بردى
    Baradā (river) Names: BaradāThe river which flows past Damascus.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/282
    برزنج
    Barzanj (settlement) Names: BarzanjA city in AdharbayjānURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2955
    برزند
    Barzand (settlement) Names: BarzandA city fifteen farsakhs from ArdabīlURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2987
    برطلى
    Barṭelle — ܒܪܛܠܗ (settlement) Names: BarṭelleBarṭilleBarṭallāhBeṯ Bar Ṭelaï"A small town located some 20 km. to the southeast of Mosul on the road that links this ciy with Arbela and on which Karamlish and Qaraqosh are also found."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/260
    برطينية
    Britain (island) Names: BritainAn island northwest of EuropeURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2937
    برلين
    Berlin — ܒܪܠܝܢ (settlement) Names: BerlinURI: http://syriaca.org/place/804
    برمنكهام
    Birmingham — ܒܪܡܢܟܗܐܡ (settlement) Names: BirminghamURI: http://syriaca.org/place/808
    برية معطشة
    Muʿaṭṭasha desert — ܡܕܒܪܐ ܨܗܘܐ (region) Names: Muʿaṭṭasha desertMuaṭṭasha desertMu‘aṭṭasha desertMaarrat al-NumānMa‘arrat al-Nu‘mānA desert area between Maʿarrat al-Nuʿmān and Aleppo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/498
    بشيرية
    Beth Sheriye — ܒܝܬ ܫܐܪ̈ܝܐ (region) Names: Beth Sheriyeal-BsheriyyehBsheriyyehBushayriyyaBshīrURI: http://syriaca.org/place/302
    بصرة
    Baṣra (settlement) Names: BaṣraPrat d-MayshanBasrahBasraA city in southern Iraq.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/44
    بصرى
    Bostra — ܒܘܨܪ (settlement) Names: BostraBoṣraBuṣraEski Shām"City in the Ḥawrān, present-day southern Syria, ca. 120 fan. south of Damascus."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/40
    بطرسبرج
    Saint Petersburg — ܦܛܪܘܣܒܘܪܓ (settlement) Names: Saint PetersburgPetersburgLeningradURI: http://syriaca.org/place/848
    بطنان
    Baṭnan — ܒܛܢܢ (settlement) Names: BaṭnanBaṭnānBatnanA town of Serugh.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/45
    بطياس
    Baṭyās — ܒܛܝܐܣ (unknown) Names: BaṭyāsBatyasNear al-Raqqa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/519
    بعشيقة
    Baʿshīqa — ܒܥܫܝܩܐ (settlement) Names: BaʿshīqaBashīqaBa‘shīqaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/303
    بعلبك
    Baʿalbak (settlement) Names: BaʿalbakBaalbekHeliopolisBaalbakBa‘albakA city in Lebanon.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/577
    بعلتان
    Bʿeltan — ܒܥܠܬܐܢ (settlement) Names: BʿeltanBaltanBeltanB‘eltanURI: http://syriaca.org/place/304
    بغداد
    Baghdad — ܒܓܕܕ (settlement) Names: BaghdadBabylon"City on the Tigris, approximately 35 km. north of Seleucia-Ctesiphon."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/41
    بفلاغونية
    Paphlagonia — ܒܦܠܐܓܘܢܝܐ (province) Names: PaphlagoniaA Roman province in northern AnatoliaURI: http://syriaca.org/place/1460
    بكدشية
    Bektaş — ܒܓܕܐܫܝܗ (settlement) Names: BektaşBagdashiyyaA village southwest of Mardin, near Kfartuto.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/47
    بلاد فارس
    Persia — ܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܦܪܣ (region) Names: PersiaIranA large plateau region stretching from the Caspian Sea to the Persian Gulf.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/526
    بلادعرب
    Arabia — ܐܬܪ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܥܪ̈ܒܝܐ (province) Names: ArabiaA Roman province including the Sinai peninsula and Roman territory east of the Jordan River.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/12
    بلد
    Balad — ܒܠܕ (settlement) Names: BaladAski MosulBalaṭEski Mosul"Balad, Assyrian Balaṭ, Syriac and Arabic Balad or Balaṭ, and modern Aski Mosul (Turkish for ‘Old Mosul’) are names referring to a town located some 40 km. northwest of Mosul, on the west bank of the Tigris."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/42
    بمفيلية
    Pamphylia — ܦܡܦܝܠܝܐ (region) Names: PamphyliaA region of Asia Minor.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1531
    بور سعيد
    Port Saʿīd — ܒܘܪܣܥܝܕ (settlement) Names: Port SaʿīdPort SaīdPort Sa‘īdA coastal city in Egypt.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/530
    بوشنج
    Būshanj (settlement) Names: BūshanjA town ten farsakhs from HeratURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2997
    بيت جبرين
    Gubrin — ܒܝܬ ܓܘܒܪ̈ܝܢ (settlement) Names: GubrinBeth GabrinA village in Palestine, the site of a Syrian Orthodox synod in 807/8.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1508
    بيت حور
    Beth Ḥur — ܒܝܬ ܚܘܪ (unknown) Names: Beth ḤurA place the invasion of which was described in two poems ascribed to Isḥaq of Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1455
    بيت زغبا
    Beth Zagba — ܒܝܬ ܙܘܓܒܐ (unknown) Names: Beth ZagbaBeth ZaghbaBet ZagbaThe site of the monastery where the Rabbula Gospels were copied, probably located north of Apamea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/582
    بيت عريف
    Beth ʿArīf — ܒܝܬ ܥܪܝܦ (settlement) Names: Beth ʿArīfBeth ArīfBeth ‘ArīfA village near Jerusalem.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1491
    بيت كيونا
    Beth Kiyūnā — ܒܝܬ ܟܝܘ̈ܢܐ (settlement) Names: Beth KiyūnāBeth KiyonaA village probably near Bārimmān.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1499
    بيت لافط
    Beth Lapaṭ — ܒܝܬ ܠܦܛ (settlement) Names: Beth LapaṭGondeshapurJundi-ShapurBeth LaphetBet LapatGundishapurJundishapur"Chief city of Beth Huzaye/Khuzistan, whose metropolitan bishopric ranked second after that of Seleucia-Ctesiphon."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/35
    بيت لحم
    Bethlehem — ܒܝܬܠܚܡ (settlement) Names: BethlehemURI: http://syriaca.org/place/805
    بيت نعر
    Beth Naʿar — ܒܝܬ ܢܥܪ (settlement) Names: Beth NaʿarBeth NaarBeth NaarBeth Na‘arA village near Edessa.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1512
    بيث ارشم
    Beth Arsham — ܒܝܬ ܐܪܫܡ (settlement) Names: Beth ArshamURI: http://syriaca.org/place/305
    بيث باتين
    Beth Botin — ܒܝܬ ܒܬܝ̈ܢ (settlement) Names: Beth BotinBeth BātīnURI: http://syriaca.org/place/306
    بيث شاهاق
    Beth Shahaq — ܒܝܬ ܫܗܐܩ (settlement) Names: Beth ShahaqBeth ShāhāqA village near Nineveh.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/307
    بيرقوم
    Bīrqūm — ܒܝܪܩܘܡ (monastery) Names: BīrqūmMonastery of BirqumĀnah‘ĀnahAn unlocated monastery, perhaps near ʿĀnah.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1502
    بيره جك
    Birtha — ܒܝܪܗܓܝܟ (settlement) Names: BirthaBirecikBiricikA village on the Euphrates north of Mabbug and south of Samosata.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/50
    بيروت
    Beirut — ܒܝܪܘܬ (settlement) Names: BeirutBerytos"Beirut, Lebanon is mentioned in many Syr. Orth. texts in connection with the St. Jude monastery and church."URI: http://syriaca.org/place/46
    بيسان
    Scythopolis (settlement) Names: ScythopolisA city near the Jordan river east of Caesarea.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/180
    بيسيدية
    Pisidia — ܒܝܣܝܕܝܗ (region) Names: PisidiaA region of southwestern Anatolia.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/525
    بيعة بربارة
    St. Barbara — ܥܕܬܐ ܕܒܪܒܪܐ (church) Names: St. BarbaraChurch of BarbaraA church in Aleppo.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1487
    بيعة مار قزما
    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
    بيعةعذراء
    Church of the Virgin — ܥܕܬܐ ܕܒܬܘܠܬܐ (church) Names: Church of the VirginQala RumaytaQal‘a RumaytaA church in Qalʿa Rumayta.URI: http://syriaca.org/place/1486
    بيلقان
    al-Baylaqān (settlement) Names: al-BaylaqānA city in AdharbayjānURI: http://syriaca.org/place/2956
    بينونة
    al-Baynūna (settlement) Names: al-BaynūnaA village of al-BaḥraynURI: http://syriaca.org/place/3015