- CHALCIA
- CHALCIAinsula una Cycladum. Plin. l. 4. c. 12. Charci Nigro.
Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.
Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.
Syria — • A country in Western Asia, which in modern times comprises all that region bounded on the north by the highlands of the Taurus, on the south by Egypt, on the east by Mesopotamia and the Arabia Desert, and on the west by the Mediterranean… … Catholic encyclopedia
SPORADES — insulae quaedam sic dictae, quia in mari dispersae sunt, nec sicut Cyclades in orbem iacent. Mela l. 2. c. 7. Hae quia dispersae sunt Sporades. Pleraeque earum a Cycladibus (quae sunt in mari Aegaeo) ad meridiem vergunt, situ Cretae viciniore,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale