Qinnasrin

Qinnašrīn was a historical town in northern . The town was situated 25 km southwest of on the west bank of the Queiq and was connected to Aleppo with a major road during Roman times.
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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: archaeological site
  • Also known as: “Agla Nesto”, “Calcide”, “Calcide del Belo”, “Calcide di Belo”, “Calcis ad Belum”, “Chalcis”, “Kenneŝrin”, “Qenneshrin”, “Qinnesrine”, “Χαλκίς”, “Киннасрин”, “Киннисирин”, “खाल्किस आद बेलूँ”, “ケンネシュレー”, “根奈斯林”, “秦納斯林”, and “肯奈斯林”

Qinnasrin

Latitude
35.98333° or 35° 59′ north
Longitude
37.01667° or 37° 1′ east
Elevation
259 metres (850 feet)
Open location code
8G7VX2M8+8M
Geo­Names ID
165838
Wiki­data ID
Q979091
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Uzbek—“Qinnasrin” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Χαλκὶς”
  • Arabic: “قنسرين”
  • Armenian: “Խալկիս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qinnəsrin”
  • Bashkir: “Халкида”
  • Catalan: “Kinnasrin”
  • Catalan: “Qinnasrin”
  • Chinese: “金納斯林”
  • Dutch: “Qinnasrin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قنسرين”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥalkido”
  • French: “Qinnasrîn”
  • French: “Qinnasrīn”
  • German: “Chalkis”
  • Greek: “Κιννασρίν”
  • Greek: “Χαλκίς Συρίας”
  • Hebrew: “כלקיס”
  • Hindi: “क़िन्नश्रीन”
  • Hungarian: “Khalkisz”
  • Indonesian: “Qinnasrin”
  • Irish: “Qinnasrin”
  • Italian: “Qinnasrin”
  • Japanese: “キンナスリーン”
  • Latin: “Chalcis ad Belum”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܩܢܫܪܝܢ”
  • Persian: “قنسرین”
  • Polish: “Qinnasrin”
  • Portuguese: “Cálcis da Celessíria”
  • Russian: “Халкида”
  • Serbian: “Халкида”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Halkida”
  • Slovenian: “Kinasrin”
  • Spanish: “Qinnasrin”
  • Tajik: “Қиннасрин”
  • Turkish: “Kinnesrin”
  • Urdu: “قنسرین”
  • Uzbek: “Qinnasrin”
  • “Qinnasrin”

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