Tanais

Tanais was an ancient Greek city in the Don river delta, at the northeastern edge of the Sea of Azov, called the Maeotian marshes in classical antiquity.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …has about 1,940 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
  • Description: ancient Greek city in the Don river delta, Russia

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nedvigovka and Sinyavskoye.
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is a village.
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Tanais.
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or Khapry is a hamlet in of , Russia. is situated 8 km east of Tanais.

Tanais

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Latitude
47.2681° or 47° 16′ 5″ north
Longitude
39.33545° or 39° 20′ 8″ east
Open location code
8GVX789P+65
Open­Street­Map ID
node 929063537
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
11548902
Wiki­data ID
Q1153416

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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Uzbek—“Tanais” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Τάναϊς”
  • Arabic: “Tanais”
  • Arabic: “تانايس”
  • Armenian: “Տանաիս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tanais”
  • Bashkir: “Танаис”
  • Catalan: “Tanaïs”
  • Chinese: “塔納伊斯”
  • Chinese: “塔纳伊斯”
  • Czech: “Tanais”
  • Danish: “Tanais”
  • Dutch: “Tanais (stad)”
  • Dutch: “Tanais”
  • Esperanto: “Tanais”
  • French: “Tanaïs”
  • Georgian: “ტანაისი”
  • German: “Tanais (Sarmatien)”
  • German: “Tanais”
  • Greek: “Τάναϊς”
  • Hausa: “Tanais”
  • Hebrew: “טנאיס”
  • Hindi: “तानाइस”
  • Hungarian: “Tanaisz”
  • Italian: “Tana”
  • Japanese: “タナイス (古代の植民都市)”
  • Kazakh: “Танаис”
  • Korean: “타나이스”
  • Latin: “Tanais”
  • Latvian: “Tanaisa”
  • Ligurian: “Tann- a”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanais”
  • Norwegian: “Tanais”
  • Ossetian: “Танаис”
  • Persian: “تانایس”
  • Polish: “Tanais”
  • Portuguese: “Tánais”
  • Romanian: “Tana”
  • Romanian: “Tanais”
  • Russian: “Елизаветовское городище”
  • Russian: “Недвиговское городище”
  • Russian: “Танаис (город)”
  • Russian: “Танаис”
  • Russian: “торжище”
  • Russian: “эмпорий”
  • Slovenian: “Tanais”
  • Spanish: “Tanais”
  • Tatar: “Танаис”
  • Turkish: “Tanais”
  • Ukrainian: “Танаїс”
  • Uzbek: “Tanais”

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