Turkey
Aydın Province
Germencik İlçesi

Magnesia on the Meander

Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander was an ancient Greek city in Ionia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of , and Tralles.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Leukophrys”, “Magnesia ad Maeandrum”, “Magnesia ad Meander”, and “Magnesia on the Maeander”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tekin and Gümüşyeniköy.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 226. The ruins of ancient Magnesia on the Maeander are near . The village is inhabited by Tahtacı.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 229.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 233. is situated 3 km southwest of Magnesia on the Meander.

Magnesia on the Meander

Latitude
37.84981° or 37° 50′ 59″ north
Longitude
27.5229° or 27° 31′ 22″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
8G99RGXF+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183275603
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7733351
Wiki­data ID
Q1432674
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Magnesia on the Meander” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Μαγνησία ἡ πρὸς Μαιάνδρῳ”
  • Arabic: “مغنيسيا (على نهر مندريس)”
  • Arabic: “مغنيسيا”
  • Armenian: “Մեանդրայի Մագնեսիա”
  • Asturian: “Magnesia on the Maeander”
  • Belarusian: “Магнесія-на-Меандры”
  • Bulgarian: “Магнезия на Меандър”
  • Catalan: “Magnèsia del Meandre”
  • Catalan: “Meandròpolis”
  • Chinese: “西皮洛斯山腳的馬格尼西亞”
  • Chinese: “邁安德河畔馬格尼西亞”
  • Chinese: “門德雷斯河畔馬格內西亞”
  • Chinese: “门德雷斯河畔马格内西亚”
  • Chinese: “馬格尼西亞”
  • Chinese: “马格尼西亚”
  • Chinese: “马格涅西亚”
  • Chinese: “麥格尼西亞 (河曲)”
  • Czech: “Magnisía tou Maiándrou”
  • Dutch: “Magnesia aan de Meander”
  • Dutch: “Magnesia ad Maeandrum”
  • Dutch: “Magnesie aan de Meander”
  • Dutch: “Magnesië aan de Meander”
  • Esperanto: “Magnesia ĉe rivero Meandro”
  • Esperanto: “Magnesia”
  • Esperanto: “Magnesio”
  • Finnish: “Magnesia”
  • French: “Magnesie du Meandre”
  • French: “Magnésie du Méandre”
  • German: “Magnesia am Mäander”
  • Greek: “Μαγνησία του Μαιάνδρου”
  • Hebrew: “מגנסיה על המאנדר”
  • Icelandic: “Magnesía við Meander”
  • Irish: “Magnesia cois Menderes”
  • Italian: “Magnesia al Meandro”
  • Italian: “Magnesia”
  • Japanese: “マグネシア”
  • Latin: “Magnesia ad Maeandrum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Magnesia ved Meander”
  • Norwegian: “Magnesia ved Meander”
  • Polish: “Magnezja nad Meandrem”
  • Russian: “Магнесия на Меандре”
  • Russian: “Магнесия-на-Меандре”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Magnezija na Meandru”
  • Slovenian: “Magnezija ob Meandru”
  • Spanish: “Magnesia del Meandro”
  • Swedish: “Magnesia vid Meander”
  • Tamil: “மக்னீசியா ஆன் தி மீண்டர்”
  • Tamil: “மக்னீசியா”
  • Turkish: “Magnesia ad Maeandrum”
  • Turkish: “Magnesia”
  • Turkish: “Tekin”
  • Ukrainian: “Магнесія на Меандрі”
  • Ukrainian: “Магнесія-на-Меандрі”
  • Ukrainian: “Магнісія-на-Меандрі”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Magnesia on the Meander”. Photo: Vadimph, CC BY-SA 3.0.