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Etymology

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Of obscure, but probably non-Greek origin. Compare the Lycian settlement Βουβών (Boubṓn), thought by Ptolemy, Pliny, and Stephanus to be related to Βούδειον (Boúdeion).[1][2] Also compare Βούθεια (Boútheia), Boutheia, also of Anatolian origin.[3]

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Proper noun

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Βούδειον (Boúdeionn (genitive Βουδείου); second declension

  1. Budium, Magnesia, Greece

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Descendants

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  • Latin: Būdium

References

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  1. ^ Foss, C.; Mitchell, S. (2000), "Map 65 Lycia - Pisidia", in Talbert, J.A. (ed.), Map-by-Map Directory (PDF), Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 998–1012
  2. ^ Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. s. v. Βούβων.
  3. ^ The Annual of the British School at Athens. (1963). United Kingdom: MacMillan, p. 65