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spittle » : name given by the Chinese to what is an intestinal product, in the texts referring to « ambergris ».
See AMBERGRIS, p. 38.
Spring of Goliath » : place where Ch'i-tu-pu-hua was beaten and lost his life in 1260.
See MULECTE, p. 786.
Sri Lovo : « Lovo Women », name given to the inhabitants of the Srôk Lovo.
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 723.
srin-bal : lit. « worm wool », one of the names of cotton in Tibetan. See COTTON, p. 530.
Srôk Lovo : name under which the Kingdom of Women is known in Cambodia.
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 723.
Srughna : or Srughna.
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 698.
Ssereng Bodomal » : erroneously supposed to be mentioned in
Sanang Setsen ». See CINGHIS, p. 352.
Ssiras » : or « Sfiras » (? < « *Sciras ~c»); on the Catalan Map, for JIr8z.
See ÇIRAÇ, p. 609.
ssü : (*si) « silk », « silkthread »; the derivation of Greek alp from this Chinese form has generally been accepted, but the connection is far from established.
See CIN, p. 265.
Ssü-thou : (north of the Huai) there is little probability that is was a popular name for Su-ch'ien in Polo's days.
See CIUGIU, p. 390.
Ssü-ch'uan : according to Yule, Ho-chou is there.
See CAAGIU, p. 114.
Ssü-ch'uan : on March 8, 1299, the
moving Grand Secretariats » of... and of Fuchien were abolished (YS).
See ÇAITON, p. 592.
ssü-êrh : (ssü with the addition of the êrh surfix of Northern Chinese) ought never to have been adduced to explain alp. See CIN, p. 265.
Ssü-ho : this was, in Polo's time, what was from 1324 to 1853 the lower Yellow River.
See CIUGIU, p. 390.
Ssü-i shu : lost « Memoir on the four Barbarians » by Chia Tan (730-805), must be the source of the Mu-lu form in the Hsin T'ang shu.
See COTTON, p. 494.
Ssü lien : in Chao Ju-kua, this is not Siam but a wrong duplicate of Po-ta, Bagdad.
See ÇIRAÇ, p. 609.
ssü-mien : « silk floss », occurs in Li Shih-chên's quotation from the Nan-yiieh chih.
See COTTON, p. 456.
ssü-mien : « silk floss », occurs in the pseudo quotation from the Nan-chou i-wu chih.
See COTTON, p. 457.
Ssü na : mentioned as a Chinese rendering of « Cina », without authority.
See CIN, p. 270.
Ssü pa : « Private cowries »; this edict of 1276 shows that cowries exported to Yün-nan came by sea from foreign countries. See COWRIES, p. 546.
Stage of Hsi-no-lo : mentioned in the T'ang itinerary to Lhasa. It was to the north or northeast of the Hu-mang Gorge. See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 706.
Stage of Hsi-no-lo.
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 705.
Stage of Na-lu : it was the western frontier of the T'u-yü-hun. See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 704.
« Stambhola » : residence of a fanciful son of Z`ayatai, « Kodkhar ». See CIAGATAI, p. 253.
Stateira : a daughter of Darius who was one of the wives of Alexander.
See DARIUS, p. 615.
-stein : Iranian equivalent of more frequent use, of Skr. -sthdna.
See COTAN, p. 410.
starna : not used in the Venetian dialect (which uses cot3rno), is the Italian name of a kind of partridge.
See CATORS, p. 233.
°sthan : = Skr. sthdna; the « place » of « Gosthan » is not intended by the translator to render that.
See COTAN, p. 411.
-sthdna : names of countries formed with it are known in Sanskrit, mainly in regions in which they were used in imitation of Iran. -stein > -stein.
See CIN, p. 271.
stheina : Skr., « station», «country», occurs mainly in the geographical nomenclature of the North-West.
See COTAN, p. 410.
Stà¢viivara : or Sthsn"avara, (is) Thanesar.
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 698.
stornelli : (VB) probably represents *starnelli, « great partridges », which is the meaning of starna maggiore, cot6rno.
See CATORS, p. 233.
« Straits of Anian » : Polian origin of the name.
See AMU, p. 40.
Straits of Singapore : South of the Island of Singapore.
See PENTAN, p. 802.
Stririijya : a « Kingdom of Women » mentioned in Indian texts as being located to the extreme north-west of India.
See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 696.
Strirajya : a Kingdom of Women ». See FEMELES (ISLAND OF WOMEN), p. 712.
Strirâjyam : or the Kingdom of Women, Kingdom of Amazons.
See ALEXANDRE (1), p. 27.
stüpa of Manikyala : is the tomb of Bucephalus according to a belief of the Panjab.
See BUCEFALO, p. 110.
su : also used in the terminology concerning gharu-wood.
See FANSUR, p. 669.
Su : (chou of-, = Su-chou), seized by Chinghiz-khan in the summer of 1226 (YS).
See CINGHIS, p. 309.
Su-chên : the Nü-chên are this ancient kingdom (San-ch'ao peimêng hui-pien).
See CIORCIA, p. 373.
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