Δείρη - Stephanos Ethnika

Δείρη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #42
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 223.20 | Billerbeck: Δ42
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-02
Word count: 18
Sources: Στράβων (Strabo) (16,4,4 [C 769,1])
Entities: Δείρη (Deira (Deire)) [place], Αἰθιοπία (Aethiopia (Ethiopia)) [place], Ἀθηναῖοι (Athenians) [people], Δειραῖος ((demonym) Deiraean / inhabitant of Deira) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: homonymous with (a place) in Ethiopia; Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnic name (demonym) is Deiraîos
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Δειρή, ἄκρα καὶ πόλις ὁμώνυμος πρὸς τῇ Αἰθιοπίᾳ. Στράβων ιϛʹ. ἔστι καὶ πόλις ... Ἀθηναίων συμμαχική. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Δειραῖος.

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