List of Dacian towns
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This is a '''list of [[Dacia]]n cities'''. Many city names of the [[Dacians]] were composed of an initial [[lexical]] element affixed to ''-dava'', ''-daua'', ''-deva'', ''-deba'' or ''-daba'' (<[[PIE]] ''*dhe-'', "to set, place"), which meant "city", "town" in the [[Dacian language]].
==In Dacia==
{| class="wikitable"
! Town name
! Reference
! Location
! Possible etymology
|-
| Acidava
| [[Tabula Peutingeriana]]
| [[Enoşeşti]], [[Olt County]],
|-
| Aizis
| Ptolemy's Geography
| [[Banat]]
| PIE ''*aig^-'', "a goat"; compare [[ancient Greek]] ''αιξ'', "goat", [[Armenian language|Armenian]] ''aic'', "goat"
|-
| Apoulon
| Ptolemy's Geography
| [[Alba Iulia]]
|-
| Arcobadara ''='' 'Snowy Passage'
| Ptolemy's Geography
| Northern Transylvania
| PIE ''*h2er-ko'' "passage" ''+'' ''*h2ep-h3n-dHo-ro'', "kind of solid water > snow";
|-
| Arcinna
| Ptolemy's Geography
| Southern Muntenia
|-
| Argedauon
| [[Acornion of Dionysopolis]]
| possibly [[Popeşti]], [[Argeş County]]
|-
| Burridava
|
| [[Stolniceni]], [[Vâlcea County]]
|-
| Dokidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| NW Romania or [[Transcarpathia]], Ukraine
|-
| Karsidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| to the north of the [[Eastern Carpathians]]
|-
| Klepidaua
|
|
|-
| Komidaua or Kumidava
| Ptolemy's Geography<BR>inscriptions at the site
| [[Râşnov]], [[Braşov County]]
|-
| Markodaua / Marisodava?
| Ptolemy's Geography
| Central Transylvania, possibly around [[Ocna Mureş]]
|-
| Netindaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| Western [[Muntenia]], probably on the Ialomiţa River
|-
| Patridaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| in the Eastern Carpathians
|-
| Pelendova
|
| [[Craiova]], [[Romania]]
|-
| Perburidava
|
|
|-
| Petrodava
|
| [[Piatra Neamţ]], [[Romania]]
|-
| Piroboridaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| on the [[Siret River]], possibly [[Nicoreşti]], [[Galaţi County]]
|-
| Rhamidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| NE [[Muntenia]], possibly [[Drajna de Sus]], [[Prahova County]]
|-
| Rusidava
|
| Momoteşti/[[Drăgăşani]], [[Vâlcea County]]
|-
| Sacidaba
| inscriptions
| [[Muzait]], [[Constanţa County]]
|-
| Sangidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| North-Central Transylvania
|-
| [[Sarmizegetusa]]
| inscriptions, etc.
| [[Hunedoara County]]
|-
| Setidaua
|
|
|-
| Singidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| Western Romania
| possibly related to [[Singidunum]]
|-
| Sykidaba
|
|
|-
| Tamasidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| left bank of the Siret, possibly Rătăcău de Jos/[[Horgeşti]] (near [[Tamaşi, Bacău|Tamaşi]]), [[Bacău County]]
|-
| Utidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| Oituz Valley, possibly Titelca/[[Tiseşti]], [[Bacău County]]
|-
| Zargidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| on the Siret, possibly Bradu/[[Negri]], [[Bacău County]]
|-
| Ziridaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| possibly [[Pecica]], [[Arad County]]
|-
| Zucidaua
| Ptolemy's Geography
| northeastern [[Muntenia]]
|-
| Zurobara
| Ptolemy's Geography
| [[Banat]]
|}
==Scythia Minor==
In [[Scythia Minor]] ([[Dobrudja]]):
{| class="wikitable"
! Town name
! Reference
! Location
|-
| Altina
|
| today [[Oltina]]
|-
| *Buteridava
|
| Northern Dobrogea
|-
| Capidava
|
| today [[Capidava]]
|-
| Dinogetia
|
| today [[Garvăn]]
|-
| Mesambria
|
| today [[Nesebar]], Bulgaria
|-
| Genucla
|
| on the Danube; unknown location
|-
| Sagadava
|
| on the Danube; now in Bulgaria
|-
| Sucidava
|
| today [[Izvoare, Constanţa|Izvoare]]
|-
| Zaldapa
| [http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/sources/theophylact.htm Theophylact Simocatta], 594 AD
| today in Bulgaria
|}
==Lower Moesia==
In Lower Moesia, excluding Scythian Minor, i.e. present-day Northern [[Bulgaria]]
* ''Aedeba''
* ''*Giridava''
* ''Dausadava''
* ''Murideba''
* ''Sacidava''
* ''Scaidava'' (''Skedeba'')
* ''Sukidaua'' (''Sucidava'')
==Upper Moesia==
In the districts of [[Nish]] (Latin ''Naissus''), [[Sofia]] (Serdica) and partly [[Kjustendil]] –
* ''Aiadaba''
* ''Bregedaba''
* ''Danedebai''
* ''Itadeba''
* ''Kuimedaba''
* ''Zisnudeba''
==Other==
*''Gil-doba'', a village in [[Thrace]], of unknown location.
*''Desudaba'', near the town Kochani in the [[Republic of Macedonia]].
*''Thermi-daua'', a town in [[Dalmatia]]. Probably a [[Grecized]] form of Dacian ''*Germidava''.
*''Pulpu-deva'', (Greek ''Philipopolis'') today [[Plovdiv]], [[Bulgaria]].
*''Uscudama'', modern [[Edirne]] (Adrianople)
==See also==
*[[List of ancient Thracian cities]]
*[[List of Illyrian cities]]
*[[Toponym]]
==External links==
*[http://members.tripod.com/~Groznijat/thrac/thrac_8.html Duridanov's map of Dacian davas]
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