Abdera

Abdera is a municipality in the Xanthi regional unit of , . In classical antiquity, it was a major Greek polis on the coast. The ancient polis is to be distinguished from the municipality, which was named in its honor.
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  • Ruin
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
  • Description: city in ancient Thrace and archaeological site
  • Also known as
    “Abdera, Thrace”
    “Advira”
    “Ancient Abdera”
    “Ávdhira”
    “Avdira”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avdira and Myrodato.
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Village
is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Abdera.
Village
is a settlement in the Abdera municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of . is situated 6 km northwest of Abdera.
Village
is a settlement in the Abdera municipal unit, Xanthi regional unit of . is situated 7 km north of Abdera.

Abdera

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Latitude
40.93368° or 40° 56′ 1″ north
Longitude
24.97326° or 24° 58′ 24″ east
Open location code
8GG6WXMF+F8
Geo­Names ID
736675
Wiki­data ID
Q132527193

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Abdera” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبديرة”
  • Basque: “Abdera (Trazia)”
  • Basque: “Abdera”
  • Bulgarian: “Абдера”
  • Catalan: “Abdera”
  • Chinese: “阿布德拉”
  • Croatian: “Abdera (Tracija)”
  • Croatian: “Abdera”
  • Czech: “Abdéra”
  • Danish: “Abdera (Thrakien)”
  • Danish: “Abdera”
  • Dutch: “Abdera (Griekenland)”
  • Dutch: “Abdera”
  • Finnish: “Abdera”
  • French: “Abdère”
  • Galician: “Abdera”
  • Georgian: “აბდერა (თრაკია)”
  • Georgian: “აბდერა”
  • German: “Abdera”
  • Greek: “Ávdira”
  • Greek: “Άβδηρα”
  • Greek: “Αρχαία Άβδηρα”
  • Hebrew: “אבדרה”
  • Italian: “Abdera (Tracia)”
  • Italian: “Abdera”
  • Japanese: “アブデラ”
  • Korean: “아브디라”
  • Korean: “압데라”
  • Latin: “Abdera (Thracia)”
  • Latin: “Abdera”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abdera”
  • Norwegian: “Abdera”
  • Polish: “Abdera (Grecja)”
  • Polish: “Abdera”
  • Portuguese: “Abdera”
  • Romanian: “Abdera”
  • Russian: “Абдеры”
  • Serbian: “Абдера”
  • Slovak: “Abdéra”
  • Spanish: “Abdera”
  • Swedish: “Abdera”
  • Turkish: “Abdera, Trakya”
  • Urdu: “ابڈیرا، تھریس”

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