Chalonītis (a. Geogr.), Provinz von Assyrien, von Apolloniatis bis zum Gebirge Zagros; j. Theil des Paschaliks Schehrsor. Hauptstadt: Chala, soll das nachmalige Ktesiphon gewesen sein; vielleicht das heutige Kanekin.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
CHALONITIS — Graece Χαλωνῖτις, apud Strabonem, ubi de lacu Thoniti, Μετὰ δὲ τὸν μυχὸν λίμνης, εἰς βάραθρον ἐμπεσὼν ὁ ποταμὸς, καὶ πολὺν τόπον ενεχθεὶς ὑπὸ γῆς, ἀνατέλλει κατα τὴν Χαλωνῖτιν. Et Plin. l. 6. c. 27. Fungitur Chalonitis cum Ctesiphonte. ad eam… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Sittacene — was an ancient region of Babylonia and Assyria situated about the main city of Sittace. Pliny in his Natural History , Book 6, §§ 205 206, places Sittacene between Chalonitis, Persis and Mesene and also between Arbelitis and Palestine (or that it … Wikipedia
