List of ancient place names and geographical names / Ch
Latin name |
Greek name |
description | today | Sources and References | location
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Chabala | Smith ; | ||||
Chaboras | Χαβώρας (Chabōras) | River in Mesopotamia | Chabur , tributary of the Euphrates in Syria | Smith ; | |
Chadisius | Smith ; | ||||
Chaeroneia | Χαιρώνεια (Chairōneia) | City in Boeotia | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | ||
Chala , Hulwan, Albania | Χάλα (Chala) | City in Assyria , main place of the Chalonitis | Sarpol-e Zahab in the Kermanshah Province of Iran | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chalaeum | Χάλειον (Chaleion), Χάλαιον (Chalaion) | City of western Lokris | Galaxidi in central Greece | Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chalastra | Χαλάστρα (Chalastra) | City in Macedonia | Chalastra in the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki | Smith ; | |
Chalcedony | Χαλκηδών (Chalkēdōn) | City in Bithynia , on the southern bank of the Bosphorus | Kadıköy in Turkey | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chalceritis | Smith ; | ||||
Chalcetor | Χαλκήτωρ (Chalkētōr) | Place in Caria | Karakuyu in Milas County in the Turkish province of Muğla | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chalcia | Smith ; | ||||
Chalcideis | Smith ; | ||||
Chalcidice | Χαλκιδική (Chalkidikē) | Peninsula in Macedonia | Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece | Smith ; | |
Chalcidice | Χαλκιδική (Chalkidikē) | Landscape around Chalkis in Koile Syria | Qinnasrin in Northern Syria | Smith ; | |
Chalcis | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | City on Euboia | Chalkida on Evia | PECS ; RE ; Smith (1) ; | |
Chalcis | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | City in Epirus near the origin of the Acheloos on the Pindus | possibly near the village of Chaliki in the municipality of Kalambaka in Thessaly | RE ; Smith (3) ; | |
Chalcis | Mountain in Aetolia | Varásova | Pleiades ; RE ; Smith (2) ; | ||
Chalcis | Χάλκεια (Chalkeia), Ὑποχαλκίς (Hypochalkis) | City in Aetolia at the foot of the Chalkis mountain | Pleiades ; RE ; Smith (2) ; | ||
Chalcis | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | City on the Ionian coast | RE ; | ||
Chalcis | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | Place in Thrace in the Chalkitis countryside | Pleiades ; RE ; | ||
Chalcis , Chalcis sub Libano | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | City on the Lebanon Mountains | RE ; Smith (1) ; | ||
Chalcis | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | Island in front of Akarnania | Pleiades ; RE ; | ||
Chalcis | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | Island off the northeast coast of Lesbos | RE ; | ||
Chalcis ad Belum | Χαλκίς (Chalkis) | City in Syria | in northern Syria | RE ; Smith (2) ; | |
Chalcitis | Smith ; | ||||
Chalcitis | Smith ; | ||||
Chalcodonium | Χαλκωδόνιον (Chalcononion) | Mountain in Thessaly near Pherai | Smith ; | ||
Chaldaea | Χαλδαία (Chaldaia) | South Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf area | Smith ; | ||
Chaldaei | Smith ; | ||||
Chaldaici Lacus | τὰ ἕλη τὰ κατὰ Χαλδαίους (ta helē ta kata Chaldaious) | Wetland in Mesopotamia in the estuary of the Euphrates and Tigris | today silted up floodplain northeast of Basra | Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chaldone Promontory | Smith ; | ||||
Chalia | Smith ; | ||||
Chalonitis | Χαλωνῖτις (Chalōnitis) | Landscape in Assyria , surroundings of the city of Chala | in the province of Kermanshah in northwestern Iran | Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chalus | Χάλος (Chalos) | River in Syria | Quwaiq in Syria, flows through Aleppo | Smith ; | |
Chalybes | Χάλυβες (Chalybes) | Old Anatolian tribe | Settlement area between the northern Anatolian mountains and the southern coast of the Black Sea | Smith ; | |
Chalybon | Smith ; | ||||
Chamavi | Smith ; | ||||
Chammanene | Smith ; | ||||
Chaon | Smith ; | ||||
Chaones | Smith ; | ||||
Characene | Smith ; | ||||
Characitani | Smith ; | ||||
Characoma | Smith ; | ||||
Charadra | Χαράδρα (Charadra) | River in Attica | Pleiades ; Smith (1) ; | ||
Charadra | Χαράδρα (Charadra) | City in Phocis | near Mariolata in the municipality of Delfi (municipality) | Pleiades ; Smith (1) ; | |
Charadra , Charardrus | Χαράδρα (Charadra), Χάραδρος (Charadros) | City in southern Epirus | at Panagia or Filippiada in the municipality of Ziros in Epirus | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith (2) ; | |
Charadra | Χαράδρα (Charadra) | Location on the east coast of the Messenian Gulf near Thalamai | Pleiades ; Smith (3) ; | ||
Charadriae | Smith ; | ||||
Charadrus | Χάραδρος (Charadros) | Port square and river in Cilicia | Pleiades ; Smith ; | ||
Charadrus | Χάραδρος (Charadros) | River below Charadra in Phocis | Smith (1) ; | ||
Charadrus | Χάραδρος (Charadros) | River at Charardra in Epirus | Louros in Epirus , flows into the Ambracian Gulf | Pleiades ; Smith (2) ; | |
Charadrus | Χάραδρος (Charadros) | Coastal river in Achaia north of Patrai | Charadros, flows into the Gulf of Corinth near Patras | Pleiades ; Smith (3) ; | |
Charadrus | Χάραδρος (Charadros) | Dry stream in the plain of Argos , which flows around Argos in the north | Xerias | Pleiades ; Smith (4) ; | |
Charadrus | Χάραδρος (Charadros) | Brook in northern Messinia, tributary of the Amphitos near Andania | Pleiades ; Smith (5) ; | ||
Charadrus | Χάραδρος (Charadros) | Trockenbach in the Argolic Kynouria | Smith (6) ; | ||
Charax | Χάραξ (Charax) | Trading post in Bithynia in the Gulf of Nicomedia | Hereke on the Sea of Marmara in Turkey | Pleiades ; RE ; | |
Charax | Χάραξ (Charax) | Port city of the Carthaginians in the Great Syrte | between Sirte and Ben Javad in Libya | Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Charax | Χάραξ (Charax) | Fortress of the Scythians on the Tauride Chersonese | near Haspra south of Yalta in the Crimea | PECS ; Pleiades ; | |
Charax , Alexandrou Charax | Χάραξ (Charax) | Location at Apameia Kibotos | Pleiades ; RE ; | ||
Charax , Patroklou Charax | Χάραξ (Charax) | small island between Sunion and Athens | Patroclus | Pleiades ; RE ; | |
Charax | Smith ; | ||||
Charax | Smith ; | ||||
Charax | see Tralles 1 | ||||
Charax Mediae | Χάραξ (Charax) | City in Media on the Caspian Sea | Smith ; | ||
Charax Mediae | Smith ; | ||||
Charax Spasinu | Χάραξ (Charax) | Capital of the Charakene Empire | northwest of Basra in Iraq | PECS ; Smith ; | |
Charax Spasinu | Smith ; | ||||
Charcha | Smith ; | ||||
Charidemi | Smith ; | ||||
Charieis | Χαριείς (Charieis) | River in Colchis | Khobi river in Georgia | Smith ; | |
Charinda | Smith ; | ||||
Charisia | Smith ; | ||||
Charmande | Smith ; | ||||
Charudes | Smith ; | ||||
Charybdis | Χάρυβδις (Charybdis) | Whirlpool on the Strait of Messina , a monster in the Odyssey | Smith ; | ||
Chastieis | Smith ; | ||||
Chasuari | Smith ; | ||||
Chateni | Smith ; | ||||
Chatramis | Smith ; | ||||
Chatramotitae | Smith ; | ||||
Chatriaei | Smith ; | ||||
Chatti | Χάττοι (Chattoi) | Germanic tribe | Settlement areas in the catchment of Eder , Fulda and the upper reaches of the Lahn | Smith ; | |
Chauci | Smith ; | ||||
Chaulotaei | Smith ; | ||||
Chaus | Smith ; | ||||
Chazene | Smith ; | ||||
Cheimarrhus | Smith ; | ||||
Cheimerium | Smith ; | ||||
Chelae | Smith ; | ||||
Chelenophagi | Smith ; | ||||
Chelidon | Χελιδόν (Chelidon) | Mountain range between Lycia and Pamphylia | Markiz Dağ | Smith ; | |
Chelidonia | Smith ; | ||||
Chelidoniae Insulae | Χελιδόνιαι (Chelidoniai) | Islands off Cape Chelidon | Beş Adalar | Smith ; | |
Chelidonium Promontory | Χελιδόνιαι (Chelidoniai) | Cape before the Chelidon | Gelidonya Burnu | Smith ; | |
Chelonatas | Smith ; | ||||
Chelonides lacus | Smith ; | ||||
Chemmis | Χέμμις (Chemmis) | Akhmim , capital of the 9th Upper Egyptian Gaus | at the Nile bridge to Sohag , 200 km north of Luxor in Egypt | Smith ; | |
Chemmis | Χέμμις (Chemmis) | fabulous island in Egypt , probably near Buto | Tell el-Fara'in in the Nile Delta | Smith ; | |
Chen | Χήν (Chēn) | City in Greece, home of Myson | Smith ; | ||
Chenoboscia | Smith ; | ||||
Chereu | Smith ; | ||||
Cherith | Smith ; | ||||
Chersonesi Promontory | Smith ; | ||||
Chersonesus | Χερσόνησος (Chersonēsos) | general name for a peninsula | |||
Chersonesus | Χερσόνησος (Chersonēsos) | Cape on the west coast of Crete | Cape Karavoutas or Cape Koutoulos | Smith (1) ; | |
Chersonesus | Χερσόνησος (Chersonēsos) | Port on the north coast of Crete | Limenas Chersonisou , 26 km east of Heraklion | PECS ; Smith (2) ; | |
Chersonesus Aurea | see Aurea Chersonesus | ||||
Chersonesus Cimbrica | Χερσόνησος Κιμβρική (Chersonēsos Kimbrikē) | Cimbrian Peninsula | Jutland with most of Schleswig-Holstein and the north Elbe part of Hamburg | Smith ; | |
Chersonesus Heracleotica | Smith ; | ||||
Chersonesus Magna | Smith ; | ||||
Chersonesus Taurica | see Taurica Chersonesus | ||||
Chersonesus Thracica | Χερσόνησος Θρᾳκία (Chersonēsos Thrace) | Peninsula between the Hellespont and the Gulf of Melas | Gallipoli Peninsula | Smith ; | |
Cherusci | Smith ; | ||||
Chesinus | Smith ; | ||||
Chesius | Smith ; | ||||
Chesuloth | Smith ; | ||||
Chiliocomon | Smith ; | ||||
Chimaera | Χίμαιρα (Chimaira) | Chimaira , a mountain in Lycia known from earth fires | Yanartaş, 70 km southwest of Antalya near the village of Çıralı in Turkey | Smith ; | |
Chimaera , Chimera, Cemara | Χίμαιρα (Chimaira) | City on the Illyrian coast | possibly Himara in Albania | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chimerium | Smith ; | ||||
Chinalaph | Smith ; | ||||
Chinnereth | Smith ; | ||||
Chios | Χίος (Chios) | Island in the Aegean Sea | Chios | Smith ; | |
Chlorus | Smith ; | ||||
Choana | Χόανα (Choana) | City in Bactria on the upper reaches of the Oxus | |||
Choarene | Smith ; | ||||
Choaspes | Smith ; | ||||
Choaspes | Smith ; | ||||
Choatras | Smith ; | ||||
Choatres | Smith ; | ||||
Choerades | Smith ; | ||||
Choereae | Smith ; | ||||
Choes | Χόης (Choēs) | River in Northwest India | Alingar in Afghanistan , tributary of the Kabul | ||
Cholargus | Smith ; | ||||
Cholleidae | Smith ; | ||||
Cholon Teichos | Smith ; | ||||
Choma | City in Lycia | Hacımusalar in Antalya Province | PECS ; Smith ; | ||
Chonae | Smith ; | ||||
Chones, Chone | Smith ; | ||||
Chorasmii | Smith ; | ||||
Chorazin | Χορασίν (chorasin) | Village in the north of Galilee | Khirbet Karazeh / Korazim in Israel | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chori | Smith ; | ||||
Chorseus | Smith ; | ||||
Chorzane | Smith ; | ||||
Choir scene | Smith ; | ||||
Chrendi | Smith ; | ||||
Chretes | Smith ; | ||||
Christopolis | Χριστόπολις (Christopolis) | City in Macedonia on the Via Egnatia | Kavala in Northern Greece | Smith ; | |
Chronos | River in Northern Sarmatia | Pregel in Russia | Smith ; | ||
Chrysa | see Chryse | ||||
Chrysaoris | Smith ; | ||||
Chrysaorium | Smith ; | ||||
Chrysas | Smith ; | ||||
Chryse | Χρύση (Chryse) Χρύσα (Chrysa) | Mysian city in the Troad | near Gülpınar in the district of Ayvacık in the Turkish province of Çanakkale | Smith ; | |
Chryse | Χρυσή (Chrysē) | fabulous island near Lemnos | Smith ; | ||
Chryse Regio | Smith ; | ||||
Chrysippa | Smith ; | ||||
Chrysoana | Smith ; | ||||
Chrysoceras | Smith ; | ||||
Chrysopolis | Χρυσόπολις (Chrysopolis) | Place on the south side of the Bosporus across from Constantinople | Üsküdar district of Istanbul | Smith ; | |
Chrysorrhoas | Χρυσορρόας (Chrysorroas) | River in Colchis | Kelasuri in Abkhazia | Pleiades ; Smith ; | |
Chrysorrhoas | Χρυσορρόας (Chrysorroas) | River in Syria | Barada in Syria | Pleiades ; | |
Chrysorrhoas | Χρυσορρόας (Chrysorroas) | River at Troizen | Gephyraion to the west of Trizina in Greece | Smith ; | |
Chuni | Smith ; | ||||
Chytrium | Smith ; | ||||
Chytrus | Χύτροι (Chytroi), Χύτρος (Chytros) | Place in the north of Cyprus | Kythrea in Northern Cyprus | PECS ; Pleiades ; Smith ; |