Ancient Greek Submitted Place Names

These names were used in ancient Greece. See also about Ancient Greek names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

ARCADIA (Region) Ancient Greek

CARIA (Region) Ancient Greek
Caria was an ancient province near the Aegean Sea in Asia Minor.

ICARIA (Island) Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
The island where Icarus, son of Dedalus, was buried. Dedalus gave the island the name in his honor.

LOULON (Other) Ancient Greek (Rare, Archaic)
Loulon (Greek: Λοῦλον), in Arabic known as Lu'lu'a (Arabic: لولوة‎), was a fortress near the modern village of Hasangazi in Turkey.... [more]

PHOENICE (Settlement) Ancient Greek
Phoenice or Phoenike was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians.4 5 It was also the location of the Treaty of Phoenice which ended the First Macedonian War,6 as well as one of the wealthiest cities in Epirus until the Roman conquest.... [more]

PHOENICIA (Region) Ancient Greek
From the Ancient Greek: Φοινίκη, Phoiníkē meaning "purple country") was a thalassocratic ancient Semitic civilization that originated in the Eastern Mediterranean and in the west of the Fertile Crescent.

SERDICA (Settlement) Ancient Greek
Latin and Ancient Greek name for the Bulgarian city now known as SOFIA. Named after the Celtic tribe Serdi.

TIRINTHA (Settlement) Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek name of Tyrins.

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