Places (GEO)
The Status of the Toponyms
The field 'Status' gives a short identification of the kind of place a toponym refers to. For each toponym the original expression(s) are listed as they occur in the sources. Some English terms such as 'area', 'building', 'camp', 'canal', 'city', 'district', 'quarter', 'street', or 'village' have been added in order to group semantically similar expressions. In the following list the terms used in the database are grouped, partly alphabetically, partly thematically. Terms not occurring in the database are not listed.
| Semantic Category | Status term | Meaning |
| area: | ager | field |
| area: | agros | field |
| area: | ampelikon chorion | vineyard |
| area: | ampelikos topos | vineyard |
| area: | ampelon | vineyard |
| area: | ampelos | vineyard |
| area: | area | |
| area: | aroura | area of 100 square cubits |
| area: | arourai | areas of 100 square cubits (pl.) |
| area: | aule | courtyard |
| area: | basilike ge | royal land |
| area: | boskema | pasture |
| area: | chersos | dry land |
| area: | chora | land |
| area: | chorion | vineyard |
| area: | choros | land |
| area: | chthon | land |
| area: | daphnon | laurel grove |
| area: | decuria | measure of land |
| area: | dekania | measure of land |
| area: | dorea | estate granted |
| area: | drymos | copse, thicket, papyrus swamp |
| area: | edaphos | land |
| area: | edaphe | land (pl.) |
| area: | eidos | land |
| area: | ekas | division of land |
| area: | elaion | olive-yard |
| area: | episemon | marked group of fields |
| area: | ge | land, estate |
| area: | ge epeiros | land above inundation level |
| area: | ge sitophoros | wheat growing land |
| area: | geidion | plot of land |
| area: | geidia | plots of land (pl.) |
| area: | georgion | cultivated field |
| area: | georgia | cultivated fields (pl.) |
| area: | gyos | field |
| area: | halonia | threshing-floor |
| area: | kalamia | reed land |
| area: | kepion | small garden |
| area: | kepos | garden |
| area: | kepos phoinikonos | palm-garden |
| area: | koilas | deep valley |
| area: | koite | parcel, plot of land |
| area: | koitai | parcels, plots of land (pl.) |
| area: | ktema | property, often a vineyard |
| area: | ktema ampelikon | vineyard property |
| area: | ktesis | property, land |
| area: | lachania | culture of pot-herbs, vegetable garden |
| area: | lakkos | cistern, pit, reservoir |
| area: | locus | place |
| area: | mai (mȝy.t) | new land, alluvial land, island |
| area: | mandra | enclosed space |
| area: | mechane | irrigation machine > area of land irrigated by a machine |
| area: | mechanai | irrigation machines > areas of land irrigated by a machine (pl.) |
| area: | meris | division |
| area: | meros | 'part' |
| area: | nape | woodland vale, valley |
| area: | nesos | land not flooded by the Nile |
| area: | organon | irrigation machine > area of land irrigated by a machine |
| area: | orgon | irrigated field |
| area: | paradeisos | garden, orchard |
| area: | pareimene | land left in private ownership |
| area: | pedias | plain |
| area: | pedion | plain |
| area: | pedia | plains (pl.) |
| area: | phoinikon | palm-grove |
| area: | phrontis | portion of land entrusted to a person |
| area: | pittakion | public land that is sublet |
| area: | potamia | river-land |
| area: | pomarion | orchard |
| area: | regio | region |
| area: | sechet (sḫ.t) | field |
| area: | sphragis | governmentally defined and numbered area of land > plot of land |
| area: | ta (tȝ) | land |
| area: | tainia | spit of land |
| area: | topothesia | region, quarter |
| area: | water basin | |
| building: | abet (ʿb.t) | chapel |
| building: | adyton | innermost sanctuary or shrine |
| building: | atrium | house |
| building: | balaneion | bath |
| building: | bibliotheke | library, archive |
| building: | building | |
| building: | chresterion | oracle |
| building: | diaita | house, building, farm |
| building: | ekklesia | church |
| building: | enoikion | dwelling |
| building: | epaulis | stable |
| building: | hieron | sanctuary |
| building: | hout (ḥw.t) | house, sanctuary, temple |
| building: | hout-netjer (ḥw.t-nṯr) | temple |
| building: | hypodocheion | reservoir, store-house |
| building: | ibion | ibis chapel-with-aviary |
| building: | insula | block of apartments |
| building: | martyrion | shrine of a martyr |
| building: | naos | temple, shrine |
| building: | necheb (nḫb) | courtyard |
| building: | nosokomeion | infirmary, hospital |
| building: | oikia | house |
| building: | oikopeda | building-site (pl.) |
| building: | oikos | house |
| building: | oraculum | oracle |
| building: | palatium | palace |
| building: | per (pr) | house, temple |
| building: | phylake | prison |
| building: | pyle | gate |
| building: | pylai | gate (pl.) |
| building: | stoa | roofed colonnade |
| building: | temenos | temple precinct |
| building: | templum | temple |
| building: | tetrastylon | colonnade |
| building: | therma | hot bath |
| building: | therma balaneia | hot bath |
| building: | thesauros | store-house, granary |
| building: | tomb | |
| building: | xenodocheion | hostel |
| camp, station, fortress: | allage | change of horses, stage |
| camp, station, fortress: | burgus | fort |
| camp, station, fortress: | camp | |
| camp, station, fortress: | castellum | small camp |
| camp, station, fortress: | castra | camp |
| camp, station, fortress: | charax | palisaded camp |
| camp, station, fortress: | kastron | camp |
| camp, station, fortress: | mansio | stopping place |
| camp, station, fortress: | migdol | tower |
| camp, station, fortress: | mone | stopping place, station |
| camp, station, fortress: | mutatio | change of horses, stage |
| camp, station, fortress: | parembole | encampment |
| camp, station, fortress: | phrourion | fort, garrison |
| camp, station, fortress: | phylake | guard |
| camp, station, fortress: | praesidium | garrison |
| camp, station, fortress: | pyrgos | tower |
| camp, station, fortress: | reset (rs.t) | fortress |
| camp, station, fortress: | skenai | tents |
| camp, station, fortress: | skope | lookout-place, watch-tower |
| camp, station, fortress: | skopelos | lookout-place |
| camp, station, fortress: | statio ( |
station |
| camp, station, fortress: | station | station |
| camp, station, fortress: | stratopedon | camp |
| camp, station, fortress: | stratopeda | camps (pl.) |
| camp, station, fortress: | teichos | fortification |
| canal, river, lake: | amnis | river |
| canal, river, lake: | barathra | pits, marshes |
| canal, river, lake: | canal | |
| canal, river, lake: | catarract | |
| canal, river, lake: | cheimarrous | torrent, brook |
| canal, river, lake: | choma | bank, dike |
| canal, river, lake: | dioryx | canal |
| canal, river, lake: | ekregma | outlet of a lake |
| canal, river, lake: | emblema | sluice gate |
| canal, river, lake: | fossa | gully |
| canal, river, lake: | flumen | stream |
| canal, river, lake: | fluviolus | little river |
| canal, river, lake: | fluvius | river |
| canal, river, lake: | gephyra | bridge, dike |
| canal, river, lake: | heni (ḥny.t) | canal |
| canal, river, lake: | hexathyros | installation of six sluices |
| canal, river, lake: | hydragogos | aqueduct, irrigation channel |
| canal, river, lake: | im (ym) | sea |
| canal, river, lake: | ir (yr) | river |
| canal, river, lake: | kremaste | a 'hung' conduit |
| canal, river, lake: | lacus | lake |
| canal, river, lake: | lake | |
| canal, river, lake: | lakkos | pond |
| canal, river, lake: | limne | lake |
| canal, river, lake: | mou (mw) | canal, river, catarract |
| canal, river, lake: | oreine | 'mountainous' canal at the edge of the desert, desert canal |
| canal, river, lake: | ostium | Nile mouth |
| canal, river, lake: | ouhemet (wḥm.t) | inner-dike |
| canal, river, lake: | perichoma | embankment, dike enclosing an area |
| canal, river, lake: | pharanx | ravine, valley, dry riverbed |
| canal, river, lake: | plote | navigable canal |
| canal, river, lake: | potamos | river, stream, Nile branch |
| canal, river, lake: | pseudostomon | Nile mouth |
| canal, river, lake: | river | |
| canal, river, lake: | rivus | brook |
| canal, river, lake: | shi (šy) | lake |
| canal, river, lake: | solen | channel, gutter |
| canal, river, lake: | stoma | Nile mouth |
| canal, river, lake: | stomion | Nile mouth |
| canal, river, lake: | teni (tny) | dike |
| canal, river, lake: | thyrai | sluice gate (pl.) |
| canal, river, lake: | torrens | torrent |
| canal, river, lake: | wadi | dry riverbed |
| city: | asty | city |
| city: | city | |
| city: | civitas | city |
| city: | colonia | colony |
| city: | demi (dmỉ) | city, town |
| city: | demi aa (dmỉ ʿȝ) | large city, town |
| city: | emporion | trading-station |
| city: | kallipolis | fair city |
| city: | megalopolis | great city |
| city: | metropolis | 'mother-city', main town, nome capital |
| city: | municipium | town |
| city: | nout (nwt) | city |
| city: | oppidum | town |
| city: | polichnion | small polis |
| city: | polis | city, town |
| city: | polydrion | small polis |
| city: | urbs | city |
| demos, phyle, tribus (division of citizens): | demos | division of citizens |
| demos, phyle, tribus (division of citizens): | phyle | division of citizens |
| demos, phyle, tribus (division of citizens): | tribus | division of citizens |
| district: | denit (dnỉ.t) | meris |
| district: | dioikesis | |
| district: | district | |
| district: | eparchia | < eparchos / praefectus |
| district: | hyparcheia | < hyparchos |
| district: | keh (qḥ) | district, nomos |
| district: | komogrammateia | < komogrammateus, kome |
| district: | limiton | border-province |
| district: | meris | division |
| district: | nomarchia | < nomarches, nomos |
| district: | nomos | |
| district: | ou (w) | agricultural territory |
| district: | pagarchia | < pagarches, pagus |
| district: | paratome | quarter, district |
| district: | paroikia | community of christians organized as geographical unit |
| district: | pars | division |
| district: | pehou (pḥw) | low-lying land, swamp land |
| district: | praefectura | |
| district: | provincia | |
| district: | satrapia | |
| district: | shedit (šdy.t) | district |
| district: | tesh (tš) | nomos |
| district: | toparchia | < toparches, topos |
| district: | topothesia | region, quarter |
| ethnicon: | ethnicon | |
| federation: | federation | |
| federation: | politeuma | |
| federation: | systema | |
| harbour: | harbour | |
| harbour: | hormos | anchorage |
| harbour: | limen | harbour |
| harbour: | oryktos | artificial, dug out harbour |
| harbour: | portus | harbour |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | island | |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | insula | island |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | insulae | islands (pl.) |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | mai (mȝy.t) | island |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | nesidion | small island |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | nesidia | small island (pl.) |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | nesion | small island |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | nesos | island |
| island (in the sea / on the Nile / in a lake): | nesoi | islands (pl.) |
| kleros (allotment of land): | kleros | allotment of land |
| kleros (allotment of land): | kleronomia | property |
| kleros (allotment of land): | prosthema | additional plot of land |
| monasterion, hermitage: | monasterion | |
| monasterion, hermitage: | hagios topos | holy place |
| monasterion, hermitage: | hermitage | |
| monasterion, hermitage: | kellion | |
| monasterion, hermitage: | koinobion | |
| monasterion, hermitage: | mone | |
| monasterion, hermitage: | oikos Theou | house of God |
| monasterion, hermitage: | oros | mountain |
| monasterion, hermitage: | petra | rock |
| monasterion, hermitage: | topos | holy place |
| mountain: | mons | mountain |
| mountain: | mountain | |
| mountain: | oros | mountain |
| mountain: | ore | mountains (pl.) |
| mountain: | saltus | woodland |
| nesos (island, land not flooded by the Nile) (see also under 'area', 'island', 'topos', 'village'): | nesos | island, land not flooded by the Nile |
| nesos (island, land not flooded by the Nile) (see also under 'area', 'island', 'topos', 'village'): | mai (mȝy.t) | island, land not flooded by the Nile |
| oasis: | oasis | |
| ousia (property, estate): | ousia | property, estate |
| pass: | pylai | pass (pl.) |
| people: | ethnos | |
| people: | gens | |
| people: | people | |
| people: | tribe | |
| quarry, mine: | latomia | stone-quarry |
| quarry, mine: | metallon | mine |
| quarry, mine: | metalla | mines (pl.) |
| quarry, mine: | mine | |
| quarry, mine: | quarry | |
| quarter, street, road: | agora | market |
| quarter, street, road: | agyia | street, highway |
| quarter, street, road: | amphodarchia | < amphodon |
| quarter, street, road: | amphodon | street, block of houses, quarter |
| quarter, street, road: | amphodion | |
| quarter, street, road: | campus | open field |
| quarter, street, road: | chefeteh (ḫftḥ) | dromos |
| quarter, street, road: | cher (ẖr) | street |
| quarter, street, road: | dromos | public walk, temple alley |
| quarter, street, road: | emporion | trading-station |
| quarter, street, road: | epoikion | |
| quarter, street, road: | forum | market |
| quarter, street, road: | gramma | quarter |
| quarter, street, road: | hodos | road |
| quarter, street, road: | iouit (ỉwy.t) | quarter |
| quarter, street, road: | laura | street, avenue, passage |
| quarter, street, road: | meros | 'part' |
| quarter, street, road: | p mit (pȝ myt) | road |
| quarter, street, road: | parembole | quarter |
| quarter, street, road: | plateia | avenue, street |
| quarter, street, road: | quarter | |
| quarter, street, road: | proastion | suburb |
| quarter, street, road: | road | |
| quarter, street, road: | ryme | street |
| quarter, street, road: | ryme demosia | public street |
| quarter, street, road: | rymion | small street |
| quarter, street, road: | street | |
| quarter, street, road: | t mi.t (tȝ my.t) | road |
| region: | chora | |
| region: | patre | fatherland |
| region: | patria | fatherland |
| region: | region | |
| region: | ta (tȝ) | land |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | sea | |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | aigialos | beach, shore land of a lake |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | akron | cape, promontory |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | akra | cape, promontory (pl.) |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | akroterion | cape, promontory |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | akte | promontory |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | beach | |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | chersonesos | peninsula |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | fretum | gulf |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | im (ym) | sea |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | kolpos | gulf |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | mare | sea |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | pelagos | sea |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | peninsula | |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | pontos | sea |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | promontory | |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | promuntorium | promontory |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | sinus | gulf |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | skopia | lookout-place, height |
| sea, promontory, beach, peninsula: | thalassa | sea |
| topos (place): | topion | small place |
| topos (place): | topos | place |
| topos (place): | topoi | places (pl.) |
| topos (place): | kastron | camp | topos (place): | locus | place | topos (place): | nesos | island |
| village: | chorion | place, estate |
| village: | demi (dmỉ) | village |
| village: | demi mai (dmỉ m3y) | new village |
| village: | demi of Souchos (dmỉ n Sbk) | village / kome of Sobek |
| village: | epoikion | farmstead, village |
| village: | forum | market |
| village: | kastron | camp |
| village: | kome | village |
| village: | ktema | property |
| village: | metropolis | 'mother-city', main town |
| village: | nesos | island |
| village: | parembole | encampment |
| village: | polis | city |
| village: | skenai | tents (pl.) |
| village: | tamieia | store-house |
| village: | topoi | 'places' |
| village: | viculus | small vicus |
| village: | vicus | village, hamlet |
| village: | village | |
| well, water supply: | castellum | water reservoir |
| well, water supply: | fons | well |
| well, water supply: | hydregos | water-conduit |
| well, water supply: | hydreuma | 'something which collects water, a pool or reservoir' |
| well, water supply: | kastellon | water reservoir |
| well, water supply: | krene | well, spring, fountain |
| well, water supply: | pege | fount, source |
| well, water supply: | pmoun | < p3 mw n, 'the water of' |
| well, water supply: | phrear | well |
| well, water supply: | tchon | water supply? |
| well, water supply: | water supply | |
| well, water supply: | well |