List of ancient place names and geographical names / Ch

Latin name	Greek name	description	today	Sources and References
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 ;