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.

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Durtā (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Dayr Durtā "place of a monastery in Iraq" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/183
Elea (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Velia "ancient Greek city on the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/186
Elvira (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "Roman city in today’s province of Granada (Spain)" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/187
Epidaurus (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: FīdārūsQindārūs "in the Peloponnese" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/190
Epirus (state) - [Syriac Not Available] "ancient Greek state in the western Balkans" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/191
Erbil (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: ArbilIrbil "city in northern Iraq, east of Mosul" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/192
Erzerum (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Arzan al-RūmErzurum "Erzurum (Arzan al-Rūm), city in Anatolia, modern-day Turkey" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/194
Erzinjan (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Arzanjān "city in Anatolia, modern-day Turkey" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/195
Euphrates (river) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: al-Furāt "one of the two great rivers of Mesopotamia" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/197
Fārāb (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: OtrarUtrarFarāb "town in Khorasan now southern Kazakhstan" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/198
Faramā (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Pelusium "strategic city on the eastern Delta" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/199
Fardajān (fortification) - [Syriac Not Available] Names: Barāhān "also known as Barāhān, a fortress near Hamadān" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/200
Fayd (settlement) - [Syriac Not Available] "a town in the Ḥijāz, at halfway point on the pilgrimage route between Iraq and Mecca" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/203
Fīlmān (unknown) - [Syriac Not Available] "unidentified locality; possibly corruption of Fīlān (an eastern Caucasian region close to the western coasts of the Caspian)" URI: https://usaybia.net/place/207

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.