Kynouria (Greece)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
קינוריה (יוון)
Name (Latin)
Kynouria (Greece)
Other forms of name
Eparchia Kynourias (Greece)
Cynuria (Greece)
Coordinates
22.7252 22.7252 37.2509 37.2509 (gooearth )
E0224500 E0224500 N0371500 N0371500 (geonames )
Associated country
Greece
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm3; 37°15ʹ00ʺN 022°45ʹ00ʺE)
- Phaklarēs, P. Archaia Kynouria, 1984:t.p. (Kynouria) p. 1 (2nd group) (Eparchia Kynourias)
- Greece Blue Guide, 1988:p. 324 (Kynouria, Arcadian eparchy on E coast of Peloponnese, chief town Leonidi(on))
- Hammond, Atlas of Greek and Roman world, 1981:p. 35 (Cynuria)
Wikipedia description:
Cynuria (ἡ Κυνουρία, Kynouria or ἡ Κυνουριακή, Kynouriake) is an ancient district on the eastern coast of the Peloponnese, between the Argolis and Laconia, so called from the Cynurians, one of the most ancient tribes in the peninsula. It was believed to have taken its name from the mythical Cynurus.
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