Νίσα

Nisa

Translated by David Whitehead10 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

A city.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Νίσα· πόλις.

Betacode

*ni/sa: po/lis.

Notes

Several cities of this name are known: one in Lykia; one (on which see generally OCD4 1017) also known as Nisaia, much further east, in Parthyene, what is now Turkmenistan; and the Nysa of India was sometimes rendered as Nisa.

Linked from1 entry

ν422ΝισαίαNisaia, NisaeaA city.

Neighbouring entries

ν419ΝίπτωI wash ν420ΝιρεύςNireus ν421ΝίσαNisa ν422ΝισαίαNisaia, Nisaea ν423ΝισαίαNisaia, Nisaea

Revision history4 revisions · last 7 Aug 2014

7 Aug 2014Revised — David Whitehead
28 Jul 2011Revised — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2003cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2003augmented note — Nicholas Fincher
10 Dec 2000Translated — David Whitehead