Κορομάνη

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Κορομάνη OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #168
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 375.3 | Billerbeck: Κ168
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-20
Word count: 22
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Μαρκιανός (Marcian (Marcianus)) 1,18 [GGM 1,528,12] [Περίπλῳ]
Entities: Κορομάνη (Koromane (Coromane)) [place], Περσικός κόλπος (Persian Gulf) [place], Κορομανηνός (demonym Koromane(nos) (inhabitant of Koromane)) [people], Πέρσες (Persians) [people], Παραιτακηνοί (Paraetakenoi (inhabitants of Paraetaka)) [people], Παραιτάκη (Paraetaka (region)) [place]
Etymologies: Folk Etymology Narrative: The ethnicon 'Koromane(n)ós' (inhabitant of Korománē) [is so] because of the 'type' (appearance/form) of the Persians.; Place Transfer: For they are 'Paraitakenoi' from Paraitake (i.e., named after Paraitake).
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Κορομάνη, πόλις πρὸς τὸν Περσικὸν κόλπον. Μαρκιανὸς ἐν περίπλῳ αὐτοῦ. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Κορομανηνός διὰ τὸν τύπον τῶν Περσῶν· Παραιτακηνοί γὰρ τῆς Παραιτάκης.
Koromanē: a city on the Persian Gulf. Marcian in his Periplus. The ethnic (gentilic) is Koromanēnos, in accordance with the Persian formation; for (one says) Paraitakēnoi from Paraitakē.

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