Μάσσακα - Stephanos Ethnika

Μάσσακα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓

city

Entry #90
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 436.4 | Billerbeck: Μ90
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-27
Word count: 12
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἀρριανός (Arrian) (1,8) [Ἰνδικοῖς (Ἰνδικά, 'Indica')]
Entities: Μάσσακα (Massaka (Massaca)) [place], Ἰνδοί (Indians) [people], Μασσακηνός (Massakēnos (demonym)) [people], Μάζακα (Mazaka (variant of Massaka)) [place], Μαζακηνός (Mazakēnos (demonym, variant)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: the demonym (ethnikon) Massakēnós, as Mazaka Mazakēnós.
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Μάσσακα, πόλις Ἰνδῶν. Ἀρριανὸς ἐν Ἰνδικοῖς. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μασσακηνός, ὡς Μάζακα Μαζακηνός.

Massaka: a city of the Indians. Arrian in the Indica. The ethnic (gentilic) is Massakēnos, as (from) Mazaka: Mazakēnos.

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