Noviomagus
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Noviomagus is a Latin composite name for Preroman Celtic placenames containing the Celtic word magos = field or plain, Latin novio means new. It was part of a number of place names in the Roman Empire:
- Noviomagus Regnorum or Noviomagus Regnensium - Chichester, West Sussex
- Noviomagus Cantiacorum - Crayford, Kent
- Noviomagus Lexoviorum - Lisieux, Calvados
- Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum - Nijmegen, Gelderland - the modern name is derived
- Noviomagus Veromanduorum - Noyon, Oise - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus
- Noviomagus Nemetum - Neumagen-Dhron near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus
- Noviomagus - Woodcote south of Wallington, Surrey. This suggestion is rejected by modern historians but can be seen in this document from 1851 - [1] and [2] (bottom of one page to top of next)
Also:
- Daniel Santbech Noviomagus, a Dutch mathematician and astronomer (died circa 1561) has given his name to the Santbech crater on the Moon
- River Neumagen in the southern Black Forest, Germany
- Borbetomagus - Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany