Noviomagus
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Noviomagus is a superficially Latinized Celtic placename containing the Celtic words nowyos "new" and magos "field" or "plain". It was part of a number of place names in the Roman Empire:
- Noviomagus Reginorum - Chichester, West Sussex, England
- Noviomagus (Cantiacorum) - Crayford, Kent, England
- Noviomagus Lexoviorum - Lisieux, Calvados, France
- Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum - Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands - the modern name Nijmegen is a direct translation
- Noviomagus Veromanduorum - Noyon, Oise, France - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus
- Noviomagus - Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Noviomagus Nemetum - Neumagen-Dhron near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus
- Noviomagus - Woodcote south of Wallington, Surrey, United Kingdom. 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 at Münstertal, southern Black Forest, Germany
- Borbetomagus - Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany