Index of Places

    Search Tips

    For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

    Wildcard Characters:

    Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

    "?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

    Thus a search for:

    G?wargis  
    returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

    Similarly a search for:

    M?r  
    returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

    "*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

    Thus a search for:

    Dayr*  
    returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

    Similarly a search for

    Ab*  
    returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

    Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

    Fuzzy Search Character

    Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

    Thus a search for

    Aba~  
    returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

    Exact Phrase Searches

    To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

    Thus

    "ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
    returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

    Proximity Characters

    To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

    Thus

    "Jacob+Bishop"~2  
    finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.

    A

    Abdera (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "ancient Greek city" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/2
    Abū Hurayra (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "village west of al-Raqqah" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/3
    Abū Najīḥ Street (designated-space) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Sikkat Abī Najīḥ "in Mosul" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/4
    Acragas (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Agrigento "ancient Greek city in Sicily, the modern Agrigento" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/5
    Acre (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: ʿAkkāAkko "a city in the northern coastal plain of modern-day Israel" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/6
    ʿAḍudī Hospital (hospital) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Bīmāristān al-ʿAḍudī "in Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/8
    Aegina (island) - [Syriac Not Available] "Greek island" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/9
    Afshanah (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "a village near Bokhara, birthplace of Ibn Sīnā" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/10
    Āghmāt (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "town in mid-southern Morocco" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/11
    al-Ahwāz (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Ahvaz "an early important commercial town on the river Kārūn (or Dujayl) situated halfway between Baghdad and Shiraz" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/12
    ʿAjlūn (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Ajloun "a hilly town in the north of present-day Jordan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/13
    Akhmīm (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "city in Upper Egypt, the ancient Panopolis" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/14
    Alarcos (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "city in today’s province of Ciudad Real (Spain)" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/15
    Alburz (natural-feature) - [Syriac Not Available] "mountain range in northern Persia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/16
    Aleppo (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: ḤalabBeroea "city in Syria" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/17
    Alexandria (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-IskandariyyahURI: https://usaybia.net/place/18
    ʿĀlij (natural-feature) - [Syriac Not Available] "of uncertain location, often said to be a sandy tract in Arabia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/19
    ʿĀliqīn (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] "location outside of Damascus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/20
    Almeria (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-MariyyahAlmería "town in al-Andalus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/21
    Alzira (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Jazīrat al-Shuqar "city in the province of Valencia (Spain)" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/23
    Amida (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Āmid "an ancient town in eastern Anatolia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/24
    al-Amīniyyah Law College (madrasa) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Madrasah al-Amīniyyah "in Damascus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/25
    ʿAmmūriyah (fortification) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: AmorionAmorium "stronghold on the military road from Constantinople to Cilicia, southwest of Ankara" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/26
    ʿAmtā (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "small village in Jordan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/27
    Anatolia (region) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Bilād al-RūmURI: https://usaybia.net/place/28
    al-Anbār (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Bērsabōra "important town on the left bank of the Euphrates near Baghdad" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/29
    Ancyra (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "the modern Ankara" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/30
    al-Andalus (region) - [Syriac Not Available] "Islamic Spain and Portugal" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/31
    Antioch (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: AnṭākiyahAntakya "ancient town in northern Syria (now in Turkey)" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/32
    Apamea (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "Greek city in north-west Syria" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/33
    Aphrodisias (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "ancient Greek city in south-western Anatolia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/34
    ʿAqrabāʾ (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "a locality near the Syrian city of Damascus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/35
    al-Aqṣā Mosque (mosque) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Jāmiʿ al-Aqṣā "in Jerusalem" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/36
    Aquileia (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "Roman city of northern Italy Arabian Peninsula" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/37
    Argos (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "Greek city of the Peloponnese al-ʿArīsh, Egyptian city on the Mediterranean coast of Sinai" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/38
    Armenia (region) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Armīniyah "region of the southern Caucasus" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/39
    Ascalon (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: ʿAsqalān "coastal city of Palestine" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/40
    Asia Minor (region) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Bilād al-RūmURI: https://usaybia.net/place/41
    Aswān (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "town on the eastern bank of the Nile in Upper Egypt" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/42
    Asyūṭ (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Assiut "city of Upper Egypt important for trade and agriculture" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/43
    Atarneus (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "ancient Greek city in Asia Minor" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/44
    Athens (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available]URI: https://usaybia.net/place/45
    Atlantic Ocean (open-water) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Baḥr al-ẒulmahSea of DarknessURI: https://usaybia.net/place/46
    ʿAydhāb (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "a once important port on the Red Sea in what is now modern-day Sudan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/48
    ʿAyn Shams (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Heliopolis "now a suburb of Cairo, the ancient Heliopolis" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/49
    ʿAyn Zarbah (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: AnazarbusAnazarbosAnazarba "ancient city in south-western Anatolia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/50
    Azerbaijan (region) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Ādharbayjān "a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/51
    al-Azhar Mosque (mosque) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Jāmiʿ al-AzharURI: https://usaybia.net/place/52

      Search Tips

      For best results, users are recommended to use the advanced search functions. Search results can also be improved by the use of the the following Boolean search characters:

      Wildcard Characters:

      Given the prevalence of variant spellings in names, using Wildcard Characters may help.

      "?" can be inserted as a variant for any single character.

      Thus a search for:

      G?wargis  
      returns results which contain either "Gewargis" or "Giwargis".

      Similarly a search for:

      M?r  
      returns results which contain either "Mar" or "Mor".

      "*" can be inserted as a variant for multiple characters or a truncated word.

      Thus a search for:

      Dayr*  
      returns results for "Dayr" and "Dayro" and more.

      Similarly a search for

      Ab*  
      returns results for "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "ʿAbda" and more.

      Note: Because the sources we quote use a variety of transliteration formats, Syriaca.org ignores diacritics and punctuation in searching; for example, use of "ʿ" is not required to find results with this diacritical mark.

      Fuzzy Search Character

      Appending the character "~" after a word returns results for words that are close but not exact matches.

      Thus a search for

      Aba~  
      returns results which contain "Aba" but also "Abi", "Saba", "Aha", and other words that are "fuzzy" matches for "Aba".

      Exact Phrase Searches

      To find an exact phrase, it should be enclosed in double quotes.

      Thus

      "ʿAbdishoʿ I"  
      returns only one result with that exact phrase, while several results are found for the words "ʿAbdishoʿ" and "I".

      Proximity Characters

      To find two or more words which occur within a specified range of each other, one can append the character "~" followed by a number to an "Exact Phrase" search. This allows one to search for two or more words that occur within a specified distance of each other as defined by number of words.

      Thus

      "Jacob+Bishop"~2  
      finds three results in which the words "Jacob" and "Bishop" occur within two words of each other: "Jacob , bishop of Nisibin", "Jacob, bishop of Phesilta", and "Jacob , bishop of ‛Ānah" while a simple search for "Jacob Bishop" returns many more results.