| LC control no. | n 2004060653 |
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| Geographic heading | Silvan (Diyarbakır İli, Turkey) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Turkey--Silvan (Diyarbakır İli) |
| Variant(s) | Fārghīn (Turkey) Fārḳīn (Turkey) Māfārḳīn (Turkey) Martyropolis (Turkey) Mayafarkin (Turkey) Mayyāfāriḳīn (Turkey) Mayyāfāriqīn (Turkey) Mīpherḳēt (Turkey) Miyafarkin (Turkey) Muharkin (Turkey) Muphargin (Turkey) Nphkert (Turkey) Maiperḳaṭ (Turkey) Maipherkat (Turkey) Maïpherqaṭ (Turkey) Farqîn (Turkey) Silîva (Turkey) Meiafarakin (Turkey) Mayafaraqin (Turkey) Npʻrkert (Turkey) Mαρτυροπολις (Turkey) |
| Special note | Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Kʻasuni, E.H. Amid (Tiarpēkʻir) Tigranakert (Farghin) shpʻotʻě hay patmagrutʻean mēj, 1968: p. 5 (Fārghīn [in Arab.]) GEOnet, 3 Sept 2004 (Silvan, ppl; 38°08ʹ31ʺN 41°00ʹ29ʺE; variant: Miyafarkin) Lippincott, 1961: (Silvan, formerly Mayafarkin) EI2: (Mayyāfāriḳīn; variants: Māfārḳīn, Mafārḳīn, Fārḳīn, Martyropolis (Greek), Mīpherḳēt (Syriac), Nphkert (Armenian), Muharkin (Armenian), Muphargin (Armenian); possible site of ancient Tigranocerta) Catalogue of Syriac printed books and related literature..., 1962: col. 720 ff. (Maiperḳaṭ, Maipherkat, Maïpherqaṭ) Dağlı, F. Welatê me, 2003: p. 195 (Farqîn (Silîva, Silvan)) GEOnet, May 5, 2011 (Silvan, seat of a second-order administrative division, Turkey, Diyarbakır İli; 38°08ʹ31ʺN 041°00ʹ29ʺE; variant: Miyafarkin; also: Şilvan, variant name for Çakırsöğüt, pop. place, Şırnak İli) Wikipedia, May 5, 2011 (Silvan, Turkey; Silvan (Arabic: Meiafarakin [in rom.] or Mayyafariqin [in rom.]; Syriac: Mayafaraqin [in rom.]; Armenian: Np'rkert [in rom.]; Greek: Mαρτυροπολις = Martyropolis, Martyropolis [in rom.]; Kurdish: Farqîn [in rom.]) is a district of the Diyarbakır Province of Turkey; 38°08ʹ32ʺN 41°00ʹ05ʺE) |
| Geographic area code | a-tu--- |
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