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Isnā (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 25 17 36 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 25.2934 decimal degrees |
Long: 032 33 14 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.5540 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town on an ancient site. Was terminus of caravan route through the oasis of Kurkur; was the capital of the 3rd nome of Upper Egypt under the Ptolemies & Romans; important ruins include a Ptolemaic temple & Coptic Christian monastery from the 10th-11th cen. CE. |
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Isnā (preferred,C,V,English-P,U)
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Isna (C,V)
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Esna (C,V,S)
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Asnā (C,V)
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إسنا (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Esneh (NA,V)
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Latónpolis (NA,V)
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Latopolia (NA,V)
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Lato (C,V,Latin,U)
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Latopolis (H,V,S,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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............ | Greek name is drived from "Latus," referring to the fish that was venerated here |
Latapolis (H,V)
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Letopolis (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Λατόπολις (C,V,Greek,U)
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Latton (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Λάττων (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Polis Laton (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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πόλις Λάτων (C,V,Greek,U)
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Iunyt (C,V,Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U)
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Ta-senet (C,V,Ancient Egyptian (transliterated),U)
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Qinā (governorate) (P) |
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Isnā (inhabited place) (P) |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an ancient city |
town (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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commercial center (H) |
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Awsīm .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Egypt, Giza) [1095375] |
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