Abydos

Abydos was an ancient city and bishopric in Mysia. It was located at the promontory on the Asian coast of the , opposite the ancient city of , and near the city of in .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city of Mysia in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Abid (Helespont)”, “Abido di Misia”, “Abidos (Asia Menor)”, “Abidos (Çanakkale)”, “Abidos (Grécia)”, “Abidos (Grezia)”, “Abidos (Helesponto)”, “Abydos (Helespont)”, “Abydos (kolonia)”, “Abydos i Mysia”, “Abydos of Mysia”, “Abydos ved Hellespont”, “Hellespont Abydos”, “Mint of Abydus”, “Άβυδος Μυσίας”, “Абидос (Мизия)”, “Абидос, древний город в Мизии”, “Абидос(Анадолија)”, “אבידוס (יוון)”, “アビュドス (ヘレスポントス)”, and “阿彼多斯”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karacaören and Eceabat.

Village
is a village in the Çanakkale District of in Turkey. is situated 4 km southeast of Abydos.

Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town on the Gallipoli Peninsula in , in the west of Turkey.

Photo: Грищук ЮН, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the region of Turkey.

Abydos

Latitude
40.19406° or 40° 11′ 39″ north
Longitude
26.41122° or 26° 24′ 40″ east
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8GG85CV6+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 183603236
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
11395741
Wiki­data ID
Q336446
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Abydos” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἄβυδος”
  • Arabic: “أبيدو”
  • Basque: “Abidos (Asia Txikia)”
  • Basque: “Abidos”
  • Belarusian: “Абідас (Гелеспонт)”
  • Belarusian: “Абідас”
  • Bulgarian: “Абидос”
  • Catalan: “Abidos de Mísia”
  • Chinese: “阿卑多斯 (赫勒斯滂)”
  • Chinese: “阿卑多斯”
  • Czech: “Abýdos”
  • Dutch: “Abydos”
  • Dutch: “Abydus”
  • Esperanto: “Abidoso”
  • Finnish: “Abydos (Troas)”
  • Finnish: “Abydos”
  • French: “Abydos”
  • Georgian: “აბიდოსი (ჰელესპონტი)”
  • Georgian: “აბიდოსი”
  • German: “Abydos”
  • Greek: “Άβυδος”
  • Hebrew: “אבידוס (דרדנלים)”
  • Hebrew: “אבידוס”
  • Hungarian: “Abüdosz (Müszia)”
  • Indonesian: “Abydos, Hellespontos”
  • Italian: “Abido”
  • Kazakh: “Абидос (Геллеспонт)”
  • Kazakh: “Абидос”
  • Latin: “Abydus (Hellespontus)”
  • Latin: “Abydus”
  • Lithuanian: “Abidas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abydos”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abydos”
  • Norwegian: “Abydos”
  • Polish: “Abydos (Azja Mniejsza)”
  • Polish: “Abydos”
  • Portuguese: “Abidos (Ásia Menor)”
  • Portuguese: “Abidos”
  • Romanian: “Abydos, Hellespont”
  • Russian: “Абидос”
  • Serbian: “Абидос (Анадолија)”
  • Serbian: “Абидос”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abidos (Anadolija)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Abidos”
  • Slovak: “Abydos (staroveké Grécko)”
  • Slovak: “Abydos”
  • Slovenian: “Abidos, Dardanele”
  • Spanish: “Abido”
  • Swedish: “Abydos, Mindre Asien”
  • Tamil: “அபிடோஸ்”
  • Turkish: “Abidos”

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