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Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 21 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.3500 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 91.863 feet |
28.0000 meters |
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Note: Modern town on an ancient site, located on right bank of Dniester estuary; Greeks founded colony here; minted own coins from 4th cen. BCE; destroyed by Getae in 1st cen. BCE; recovered, but destroyed by Goths in 240 CE; taken by Ottomans in 15th cen.; Russian from 1826; damaged in WW II. |
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| Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyy (preferred,C,V)
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| Belgorod-Dnestrovskij (C,V)
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| Belgorod-Dnestrovskiy (C,V)
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| Belgorod-Dnestrovsky (C,V)
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............ | modern name was established in 1946 after Russia recaptured the city from Germany |
| Belgorod Dnestrovskii (C,V)
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| Cetatea Albă (C,V,Romanian,U)
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| Akkerman (H,V)
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............ | Turkish name |
| Turla (H,V,Turkish,U)
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| Moncastro (C,V,Italian,U)
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| Cetatea Alba (H,V)
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............ | Roman name |
| Cetatea-Alba (H,V)
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| Album Castrum (C,V,Latin,U)
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| Tyras (H,V)
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............ | ancient Greek name |
| Τύρας (H,V,Greek,U)
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| Ophiusa (H,V)
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| Οφιούσα (C,V,Phoenician,U)
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| Maurokastron (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Μαυρόκαστρον (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Asprokastron (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Ἀσπρόκαστρον (C,V,Greek,U)
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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colonized by Greeks from Miletus in 7th or 6th cen. BCE |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| shipping center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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has major trade in salt, fish, wool, tallow & wine |
| archaeological site (C) |
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some ancient remains have been found beneath thick medieval strata |
| Ancient Greek (H) |
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