Naucratis
Naucratis or Naukratis was a city and trading-post in ancient Egypt, located on the Canopic branch of the Nile river, south-east of the Mediterranean Sea and the city of Alexandria.- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of -9 metres (-30 feet)
- …is also known as “Mint of Naucratis”
- Description: city of Ancient Egypt, on the Canopic branch of the Nile river
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Latitude
30.9° or 30° 54′ north
Longitude
30.58333° or 30° 35′ east
Open location code
8G2GWH2M+28
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Naucratis” goes by many names.
ناوكراتيسArabic
نقراطسArabic
ՆաուկրատիսArmenian
NaukratisBasque
НавкратисBulgarian
NàucratisCatalan
NaucratisCebuano
瑙克拉提斯Chinese
諾克拉提斯Chinese
諾克拉蒂斯Chinese
NaukratisCzech
NaucratisDanish
NaucratisDutch
ناوكراتيسEgyptian Arabic
NaukratisFinnish
NaukratisGalician
ΝαύκρατιςGreek
NaucratisHausa
נאוקרטיסHebrew
NaukratiszHungarian
NaucratisIndonesian
NaucratiItalian
ナウクラティスJapanese
НавкратисKazakh
NaucratisLatin
NaukratisNorwegian
NaukratisNorwegian Bokmål
NaucratisOccitan (post 1500)
ناوکراتیسPersian
NaukratisPolish
NaucratisRomanian
НавкратисRussian
NaukratisSerbo-Croatian
NaukratisSlovak
NaukratisSwedish
NaucratisTurkish
НавкратісUkrainian
NaucratisVietnamese
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