Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Kallinikos — ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ " in last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/109 Kallinikos Raqqaʿ al-Raqqaʿ Callinicum ܩܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ ܩܰܐܠܘܢܝܩܝ ܪܰܩܰܗ̈ الرقة قالونيقس al-Raqqa Callinicus الرَقَّة Raqqa Raqqa‘ al-Raqqa al-Raqqa‘ A city on the Euphrates where the Daiṣan enters it. ܡܕܝܢܬܳܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܪܰܒܬܳܐ ܒܩܘܪܒܳܐ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܘܡܶܬܰܐܡܪ ܠܗ̇ ܪܰܩܰܗ̈ ܘܝܰܘܡܳܢܐ ܗܘܳܬ ܡܕܝܢܬܳܘܢܺܝܬܳܐ ܕܕܳܡܝܳܐ ܠܰܩܪܺܝܬܳܐ. وهي قالونيقس القديمة مدينة عظيمة واقعة بقرب الفرات واليوم امست بليدة اشبه بالقرية. the ancient Callinicus, it was a big city near the Euphrates. Today it is a small town, more nearly a village. 35.95 39.016667 Attestation of name الرَقَّة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. In Dolabani's translation of Barsoum's description ܘܡܶܬܰܐܡܪ should read ܘܡܶܬܶܐܡܪ. http://syriaca.org/place/109 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668318 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Raqqah http://dbpedia.org/resource/Al-Raqqah http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=C&sK=Callinicum&sT=keywords The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 39, 127, 142, 178, 210, 273, 323, 332, 347, 401, 447 Map I B2, II B2 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 556 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 516 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 557 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Callinicum Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī III:67