Noviomagus

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Noviomagus is a superficially Latinized Celtic placename containing the Celtic words noviios "new" (cf. Welsh newydd, Breton nevez) and magos "field", "plain", then "market" '(cf. Old Irish mag "plain"; Old Breton ma, place). It was part of a number of place names in the Roman Empire:

  • Noviomagus Reginorum - Chichester, West Sussex, England
  • Noviomagus Lexoviorum - Lisieux, Calvados, France
  • Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum - Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands - the modern name Nijmegen is derived from Noviomagus
  • Noviomagus Veromanduorum - Noyon, Oise, France - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus
  • Noviomagus Nemetum - Speyer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  • Noviomagus Trevirorum - Neumagen-Dhron near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany - the modern name is derived from Noviomagus
  • Noviomagus Tricastinorum (later Augusta Tricastinorum, later yet Colonia Flavia Tricastinorum) - Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, Drôme, France

See also

  • Daniel Santbech Noviomagus, a Dutch mathematician and astronomer (died circa 1561) has given his name to the Santbech crater on the Moon
  • Neumagen, a river in the Black Forest
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