========================================================== Alternative Spelling and names of Cities and Countries in the JISSIG CATALOG ========================================================== Aleppo = Halab Alma-Ata = Vernyi = Verny Antakya = Antioch = Antiochia = Antiochea Athens = Athinai = Athenae Azerbaijan = Azerbaidzhan Baghdad = Bagdad Beirut = Beyrouth Belgrade = Beograd Bucharest = Bucuresti Cephalonia = Kefallinia = Cephallenia Corfu = Korfu = Kerkyra = Kerkira = Corcyra Corinth = Korinthos = Corinthia Cyprus = Kypros Crete = Kriti = Creta = Island of Candia Damascus = Damas = Dimashq Dubrovnik = Ragusa Durres = Durrazzo = Epidamnus = Dyrrhachiuim El Asnam = Orleanville Erzurum = Erzerum Erzincan = Erzinjan = Erzingan Florence = Firenze Georgia = Gruzia Ghir = Qir Gurgan = Gorgan = Asterabad Hawaii = Sandwich Is. Iraklion = Heraklion = Heraclum = Candia Istanbul = Constantinople Izmir = Smyrna Izmit = Kocaeli = Astacus = Nicomedia Iznik = Nicaea = Nice Khios = Chios Khoi = Choi = Khvoy Khorasan = Khurasan = Khorassan = Kourasan Kirovabad = Gandzha = Gandja = Ganza = Yelizavetpol Kos = Cos Kyrgyzstan = Kirghiz(ia) Latakia = Laodicea = Al Ladhiqiyah Leninakan = Alexandropol Lesbos = Lesvos = Mytilene = Mitilini Levkas = Leukas = Leucadia = Santa Maura Naples = Napoli = Neapolis Netherlands = Holland Neyshabur = Nish Palmyra = Tadmor Qeshm = Qishm = Kishm Quchan = Kuchan Ramla = Er Ramle = Ram Raoul Is. = Sunday Is. Rhodes = Rhodos = Rhodhos = Rhodud = Rodos Romania = Rumania = Roumania Rome = Roma Sidon = Saida Tajikistan = Tadzhik Tripoli = Tripolis = Tarabulus =Trablous Tyre = Sour = Sur = Tyrus Ukraine = Ukraina Venice = Venezia = Venetia Vienna = Wien Vlore = Vlona = Valona = Avlona = Aulon Yerevan = Erevan = Erivan Zakinthos = Zacynthus = Zante ========================================================== LIST OF COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED IN THE JISSIG CATALOG ========================================================== Afghanistan Croatia Iceland Myanmar Spain Albania Colombia India Nepal Sudan Algeria Costa Rica Indonesia Netherlands Sweden Antigua Cuba Iran New Zealand Switzerland Argentina Cyprus Iraq Nicaragua Syria Armenia Czech Ireland Norway Tanzania Australia Denmark Israel Oman Tajikistan Austria Dominica Italy Pakistan Thai Azerbaijan Ecuador Ivory Coast Panama Togo Bahamas Egypt Jamaica Papua New Guin Tonga Bahrain El Salvador Japan Paraguay Trinidad Bangladesh Ethiopia Jordan Peru Tunisia Barbados Fiji Kazakhstan Philippines Turkey Belgium France Kenya Poland Turkmenistan Belize Gabon Korea Portugal Uganda Bolivia Georgia Kyrgyzstan Puerto Rico UK Bosnia- Germany Lebanon Romania Ukraine Herzegovina Ghana Libya Russia USA Brazil Greece Macedonia St. Lucia Uzbekistan Bulgaria Grenada Madagascar St. Vincent Venezuela Cameroon Guatemala Malawi Samoa Vanuatu Canada Guineai Malaysia Saudi Arabia Yemen Cape Verde Guyana Malta Slovakia Yugoslavia Central Africa Haiti Mexico Slovenia Zaire Chile Honduras Mongolia Solomon Is. 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