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September 3

Kos

On page 16 of “Goshen,” Edouard Naville says there are several places called κως in upper Egypt. Where are they? Temerarius (talk) 03:25, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Qus seems to have the same Coptic spelling. I didn't find any others. Alansplodge (talk) 14:24, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

I guess q collapsed into k in Coptic. The reason I'm asking is to distinguish these places from those called Qos and Qosia, such as Cusae. I've seen at least three minor Wikipedia pages for such a place name, and I've been meaning to see if they're erroneously various, ie redundant, or numerous. And now I don't know how to find them again; the A-Z index isn't helping.

Temerarius (talk) 23:41, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

I've noticed so far in the index--it's giving a few places in Iran (and less the expected Arabian locations) that start with similar, though. What does qos mean in Persian?

Temerarius (talk) 23:47, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Persian does not have such a word. Omidinist (talk) 05:15, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

I'm sure I found more places in Upper Egypt called Qis, Kosia, similar in stubs. Anybody else? Can one find wikipedia pages by geocoordinate proximity? It'd be one good way to find redundant pages for same place.

Temerarius (talk) 22:38, 5 September 2024 (UTC)