Besynga

Latin edit

The river Sittaung

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βησύγγα (Bēsúnga).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /beːˈsyn.ɡa/, [beːˈs̠ʏŋɡä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /beˈsin.ɡa/, [beˈs̬iŋɡä]

Proper noun edit

Bēsynga m sg (genitive Bēsyngae); first declension

A river in India, mentioned by Ptolemy, probably the modern Sittaung

Declension edit

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bēsynga
Genitive	Bēsyngae
Dative	Bēsyngae
Accusative	Bēsyngam
Ablative	Bēsyngā
Vocative	Bēsynga

References edit

“India”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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