Minius (river)

natural · 30 BC – 2100 AD

Minius fl. (modern Minho River) is a river of Galicia in the Iberian peninsula. Its ancient name likely derives from minius, the Latin term for cinnabar, and thus its name is, essentially, 'red river'.

Coordinates

42.57116, -7.90874

Also known as

Baínis (grc), Minho River (en), Minho River (en), Minius (la), Río Miño (es), Río Miño, Miño (Río), Rio Mino, Mino (Rio) (es), Βαῖνις (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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