Colophon

Colophon was an ancient city in Ionia. Founded around the end of the 2nd millennium BC, it was likely one of the oldest of the twelve cities of the Ionian League.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient city of Ionia, in modern-day Turkey
  • Also known as: “Colofão”, “Colofon”, “Kolophōn”, “Κολοφών”, “コロフォン”, and “コロポーン”

Colophon

Latitude
38.1108° or 38° 6′ 39″ north
Longitude
27.14484° or 27° 8′ 41″ east
Open location code
8GC9446V+8W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 457903626
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1142488
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Colophon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قولوفون”
  • Arabic: “كولوفون”
  • Armenian: “Կոլոֆոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kolofon”
  • Basque: “Kolofon”
  • Belarusian: “Калафон”
  • Bulgarian: “Колофон”
  • Catalan: “Colofó”
  • Chinese: “科洛封”
  • Czech: “Kolofón”
  • Danish: “Kolofon”
  • Dutch: “Colophon”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولوفون”
  • Finnish: “Kolofon”
  • French: “Colophon”
  • Galician: “Colofón (cidade)”
  • Galician: “Colofón”
  • Georgian: “კოლოფონი”
  • German: “Kolophon”
  • Greek: “Κολοφώνα”
  • Hebrew: “קולופון”
  • Indonesian: “Kolofon”
  • Italian: “Colofone”
  • Japanese: “コロポン”
  • Korean: “콜로폰”
  • Latin: “Colophon”
  • Low German: “Kolophon”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Kolophon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolofon”
  • Norwegian: “Kolofon”
  • Persian: “کولوفون”
  • Polish: “Kolofon”
  • Portuguese: “Cólofon”
  • Russian: “Колофон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kolofon”
  • Slovenian: “Kolofon”
  • Spanish: “Colofón”
  • Swedish: “Kolofon”
  • Turkish: “Kolofon”
  • Turkish: “Kolophon”
  • Ukrainian: “Колофон”
  • Vietnamese: “Colophon”

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