The Ancient Macedonian place name Γορτυνία
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| IPA | ɟortyni.a |
| Meaning | place name |
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Phrygian: ΓΟΡΔ-
‘town, city, yard’ Greek: χόρτος ‘fenced yard’ Proto-Indo-European: *ĝherdh-, gherdh- ‘to encircle, enclose’ Arcado-Cypriot Greek: Γόρτυνα ‘place name’ |
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Thuc. 2.100.3; Ptol. Geog. 3.12.36; Plin. HN 4.34; Strabo 7 fr. 4; Steph. Byz. 212.1. Perhaps located at Vardarski Rid, near Gevgelija (Mitrevski 1996). |
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