Mareotis (lake)

natural · 330 BC – 2099 AD

A brackish lake of Lower Egypt (now Lake Mariout).

Coordinates

31.15438, 29.90008

Also known as

Buḥairat Maryūṭ, Buhairat Maryut, Buhairat Mariyyut, Buhairat Mariut, [Buhairat = Buhayrat = Buheirat = Buheyrat = Bohairat = Bohayrat = Boheirat = Boheyrat] (arb), Limnē tēs Mareias, Limne tes Mareias (grc), Mareia Limnē, Mareia Limne (grc), Mareia limnē, Mareotis L., Mareotis Limne, Mareōtis, Mareotis (grc), Maryut-See, Lake Maryut (de)

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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