CALLINU´SA
CALLINU´SA (
Καλλίνουσα==
Καλὴ Νῆσος̣), a promontory to the NW. of Cyprus, which Ptolemy (
5.14.4) places to the W. of Soli. D'Anville (
Mém. de l'Acad. des Inscr. vol. xxxii. p. 537), from one Venetian map, gives it the name of
Eleni, and from another Venetian map,
Capo de Alessandreta. (Engel,
Kypros, vol. i. p. 74; Mariti,
Viaggi, vol. 1.199.)
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