Gallikos
The Gallikos is a river in Central Macedonia, Greece. It was known as the Echedoros in antiquity and the Gomaropnichtis in the Middle Ages. The current name probably derives from the ancient Roman colony of Callicum near the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Central Macedonia region, Greece
- Also known as: “Echedoros”, “Ekhédhoros”, “Gallikos Potamos”, “Gallikos River”, and “Gomaropnichtis”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Araplí and Menemeni.
Araplí
Town
Nea Magnisia, before 1927 known as Arapli, is a town and a community of the Delta municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Echedoros, of which it was a municipal district. Araplí is situated 6 km north of Gallikos.
Menemeni
Suburb
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Menemeni is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Ampelokipoi-Menemeni, of which it is a municipal unit. Menemeni is situated 7 km northeast of Gallikos.
Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki
Suburb
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Ampelokipoi is a suburb of the Thessaloniki Urban Area and was a former municipality in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Ampelokipoi-Menemeni, of which it is a municipal unit. Ampelokipoi, Thessaloniki is situated 8 km east of Gallikos.
Gallikos
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Gallikos” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գալլիկոս”
- Asturian: “Ríu Gallikos”
- Bulgarian: “Галик”
- Catalan: “Equidor”
- Catalan: “Gal·likós”
- Cebuano: “Gallikós Potamós”
- Chinese: “加利科斯河”
- Dutch: “Gallikos”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر جاليكوس”
- Estonian: “Gallikós”
- Finnish: “Gallikós”
- French: “Gallikos”
- Georgian: “გალიკოსი”
- German: “Gallikos”
- Greek: “Γαλλικός ποταμός”
- Greek: “Γαλλικός Ποταμός”
- Greek: “Γαλλικός”
- Greek: “Γομαροπνίχτης”
- Greek: “Εχεδώρος”
- Greek: “Εχέδωρος”
- Irish: “Gallikos”
- Lithuanian: “Echedoras”
- Lithuanian: “Galikas”
- Lithuanian: “Gomaropnichtis”
- Macedonian: “Галик”
- Russian: “Галикос”
- Russian: “Эхидор, Эхедор, Эхедорос”
- Spanish: “Equidoro”
- Spanish: “Galikos”
- Spanish: “Galikós”
- Spanish: “Gallikos”
- Spanish: “Gallikós”
- Spanish: “Rio Galikos”
- Spanish: “Río Galikós”
- Swedish: “Gallikós Potamós”
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