RE´GIA
RE´GIA (
Ῥηγία,
Ptol. 2.2.10).
1.
A place in the interior of Hibernia, no doubt so named by the Romans from its being a royal residence, the proper name of which was unknown to them.
It was perhaps seated on the river
Culmore, in the neighbourhood of
Omagh.
2.
(
Ἑτέρα Ρηγία, Ptol.
l.c.), another place of the same description, conjectured to have been on the river
Dur.
3.
Regia Carissa. [
CARISA] [
T.H.D]