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Headword:
*nikwni/a
Adler number: nu,411
Translated headword: Nikonia, Niconia
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A city on the Black Sea, near the mouths of the Istros.[1]
Greek Original:*nikwni/a: po/lis e)n tw=| *po/ntw| pro\s tai=s e)kbolai=s tou= *)/istrou.
Notes:
Also called Nikonion (Barrington Atlas map 23 grid D2); in present-day Ukraine.
From
Stephanus of
Byzantium s.v., whose location information is inaccurate. In fact, Nikonion is located at the mouth of the river Tyras (the present-day Dniester), some 90 km. northeast of the Istros delta. See also
Strabo 7.3.16 (web address 1), where the city is accurately located on the Tyras.
[1] The lower Danube; cf.
kappa 745.
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; geography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 10 December 2000@11:08:32.
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