Central Asia
Afghanistan
NE Afghanistan

Ai-Khanoum

Ai-Khanoum was an important city a few centuries BCE when Alexander the Great and his successors ruled . Today it is only ruins and is in province, .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ruined Hellenistic city in Afghanistan
  • Also known as: “Aï Khānum”, “Alexandria on the Oxus”, “Ay Khanum”, “Eucratidia”, and “Lady Moon”

Ai-Khanoum

Latitude
37.1667° or 37° 10′ north
Longitude
69.4097° or 69° 24′ 35″ east
Open location code
8J9F5C85+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1161469646
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q857845
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ai-Khanoum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “آي خانم”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ay Xanım”
  • Basque: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Catalan: “Ai-Khanum”
  • Catalan: “Alexandria d’Oxiana”
  • Chinese: “埃 康農”
  • Chinese: “埃-康儂”
  • Chinese: “奧克斯的亞歷山大”
  • Chinese: “奧克蘇斯河畔的亞歷山卓”
  • Chinese: “艾哈努姆”
  • Chinese: “阿伊-哈努姆”
  • Chinese: “阿姆河畔的亚历山大里亚”
  • Dutch: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Finnish: “Ai Khanum”
  • French: “Aï Khanoum”
  • French: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • French: “Aï-Khanoum”
  • French: “Ay Khanum”
  • Galician: “Alexandría de Oxiana”
  • German: “Ai Chanum”
  • German: “Ai Khanoum”
  • German: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • German: “Alexandria Oxiana”
  • German: “Ay Khanum”
  • Greek: “Άι-Χανούμ”
  • Greek: “Άϊ-Χανούμ”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια η επί του Ώξου Α’”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια η επί του Ώξου”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια η Ωξειανή”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια η Ωξιανή”
  • Greek: “Αλεξάνδρεια του Ώξου”
  • Greek: “Πρώτη Αλεξάνδρεια στον Ώξο”
  • Hebrew: “אי-ח’אנום”
  • Hungarian: “Áj Hánum”
  • Indonesian: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Italian: “Ai khanoum”
  • Italian: “Ai Xanum”
  • Italian: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Italian: “Ai-Khanum”
  • Italian: “Alessandria sull’Oxo”
  • Italian: “Alessandria sull’Oxus”
  • Italian: “Ay-Khanum”
  • Japanese: “アイ・ハヌム”
  • Japanese: “アイ・ハヌム遺跡”
  • Japanese: “アイハヌム”
  • Japanese: “アイハヌム遺跡”
  • Korean: “아이하눔”
  • Madurese: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Malayalam: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Malayalam: “അയ് ഖാനും”
  • Malayalam: “അയ് ഖാനൂം”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Norwegian: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Persian: “آی خانم”
  • Persian: “آی‌خانم”
  • Persian: “ای خانم”
  • Persian: “پایگاه باستانی آی خانم”
  • Polish: “Ai Chanum”
  • Polish: “Ai Khanum”
  • Polish: “Aï Khanum”
  • Polish: “Ajchanom”
  • Portuguese: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Pushto: “آی خانم”
  • Russian: “Ай-Ханум”
  • Serbian: “Ај-Ханум”
  • Slovenian: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آی خانیم (شهر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آی خانیم”
  • Spanish: “Ai Khanoum”
  • Spanish: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Spanish: “Alejandria de Bactriana”
  • Spanish: “Alejandría de Bactriana”
  • Spanish: “Alejandria de Oxiana”
  • Spanish: “Alejandría de Oxiana”
  • Spanish: “Alejandria de Sogdiana”
  • Spanish: “Alejandría de Sogdiana”
  • Spanish: “Alejandria del Oxo”
  • Spanish: “Alejandría del Oxo”
  • Spanish: “Ay Khanum”
  • Swedish: “Ai Khanoum”
  • Swedish: “Ai-Khanoum”
  • Tamil: “ஐ கனௌம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Ай-Ханум”
  • Urdu: “آئی خانم”
  • Uzbek: “Oyxonim”
  • Vietnamese: “Ai-Khanoum”

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