Cinyps
The Cinyps or Cinyphus, was a small river in ancient Libya, and the site of a Greek colony of the same name, founded by the Spartan Dorieus. The town only existed for a short time, due to conflicts with the Carthaginians, and the local tribe of the Macae.- Type: Stream
- Description: river giving its name to an ancient region in Libya
- Also known as: “Ka’am”, “Uadi Caam”, “Wadi Caam”, “Wadi Ka’am”, “Wādī Ki‘ām”, and “Wadi Ki`am”
Cinyps
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Murqub District, Libya, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cinyps” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سد وادي كعام”
- Arabic: “نهر وادي كعام”
- Arabic: “نهر وداي كعام”
- Arabic: “وادى كعام”
- Arabic: “وادي كعام”
- Cebuano: “Wādī Ki‘ām”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وادى كعام”
- Greek: “Κίνυφος”
- Greek: “Κίνυψ”
- Russian: “Вади-Каам”
- Russian: “Кинип”
- Russian: “Кинипа”
- Russian: “Кинифа”
- Ukrainian: “Кінипс (річка)”
- Ukrainian: “Кінипс”
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