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Lists

Geographic regions

Settlement names

Primary sources

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References

External links

* Dr. J. G. Th. Grässe, '' Orbis Latinus: Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit''
online at the Bavarian State Library
*Grässe, ''Orbis Latinus''
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