A Concise List of Place Name Alternatives for Sephardic GenealogistsThe multiplicity of ethnic groups within the Ottoman Empire, and the change of political administration from war, often led to localities being known by more than one place name. The following lists some place names with their alternative names that may be of interest to Sephardic genealogists. This is a work in progress. Please report errors/additions/corrections as you find them to [email protected]
PLACE NAME ALTERNATIVE NAMES PRESENT LOCATION ADA PAZAR, ADAPAZAR TURKEY ALEP, ARAM-TSUBA, HALAB SYRIA ADALIA TURKEY AYDYN, AIDIN, GUZEL HISSAR TURKEY BANJALUKA, BANALUKA BOSNIA BEIRUT LEBANON BUDA, BUDIN, OFEN, PEST HUNGARY BERGOS, BOURGHAZ BULGARIA BROUSEE TURKEY CHANAKKALE , DARDANELLES, MIGDALIM, TCHANAKALE TURKEY CHIO, HIOS, KHIOS, SAKIZ, SCIO, XIO, XIOS GREECE KIRID, YERIT GREECE DAMAS, SHAM SYRIA DEDEAGH, DEDEAGHADJ, ALEXANDROUPOLI GREECE DEMOTIKA, DIDIMOTIKHO , DIDIMOTICHO GREECE DOBNICA, DUPNITSA, STANKE DIMITROV BULGARIA ADRINOPLE, ADRIANOPLE, ADRIANOPOLUS TURKEY ALEXANDRIA MACEDONIA LERIN , FLORINO GREECE GALLIPOLI, CALLIPOLI TURKEY AGRIPON, HALKIS, CHALKIS GREECE CONSTANTINOPLE, ESTAMBUL, KOSTAN, KOSPOLI, KOSHTA, KOSHTANDINA, KONSTANTINOPYLA, STAMBOUL TURKEY ESMIE, EZMIR, ESMIRNA, SMIRNA,SMYRNA, SMYRNE TURKEY YAFA, YAFO ISRAEL IOANINNA, YANYA GREECE KUDS, SION, QUDS, YERUSHALAYIM, YERUSHALAIM ISRAEL CASSABA, TURGUTLU KASSABA TURKEY KOSTUR, KESRIE GREECE KAVALA, CAVALLA GREECE KIRKLARELI, KIRK-KILISE TURKEY GOUMOULTZINA, GUMULCINE, GUMULDJINA GREECE COS, ISTANKOY GREECE LANGAZA MACEDONIA MAGNASIA, MANISSA TURKEY FETHIYE TURKEY BITOLA, BITOLJ, MANASTIR MACEDNIA MOUSTAFA PACHA, DJISTRI MOUSTAPHA TURKEY NICOPOLIS, NIGBOLI BULGARIA NIS SERBIA UJVIDEK SERBIA TATARPAZARI, TATAR PAZARDJIK BULGARIA BERGAMO, BERGAMA TURKEY BLEVNE , PLEVEN BULGARIA FILIBE, PHILIPPOPOLIS BULGARIA PREVADI, PROVADIA BULGARIA DUBROVNIK MONTENEGRO RODI, RODOS GREECE ROUSSE, RUSE, RUSC,UK BULGARIA SALONIKA, SELANIKI, SALONIKI, SALONICA, SALONICO, SALONIQUE GREECE BOSNA SARAY, BOSNA BOSNIA SEREZ, SIRON, SIROZ GREECE ICHTIB, ISHTIB, ISTIB, STIP MACEDONIA ESCOPIA, USKUB, USKUP, UESKUEB MACEDONIA ISLIMIYE BULGARIA SOFYA, SOPHIA BULGARIA ZAGRA-I-ATIK, ESKI ZAGRA , YESKI ZAGRA , STARA SAGORA BUGARIA RODOSTO, TEKFURDAGI TURKEY TIBERIADE, TABARIE ISRAEL VEREJA, VEROIA, VERIA, VERROIA, BER GREECE WIDDIN BULGARIA EDESSA, EDHESSA, VODEN GREECE GOLOS, VOLO GREECE ISKECE, ISKETCHE GREECE Initial development by Mathilde Tagger & Dov Cohen (Israel), David Sheby & S. Alfassa-Marks (USA)
