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Selenolimen, a Greek city on the shore of a lagoon, under the warden of the anchorage.

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  • First partSeleno
  • Endinglimen
  • Onthe shore of a lagoon
  • Patronthe warden of the anchorage
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    How it works

    This Greek city name generator joins two Ancient Greek words. Daphne is laurel and pyrgos a tower, so Daphnopyrgos is laurel tower. Real cities such as Neapolis and Heliopolis were cut, so every name is made up.

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    Press, then lock the ending

    Press New city name. The name is the first word, in two parts. Tap a part to lock it and press again. Lock -polis for a city or -limen for a harbor: Kyanolimen is dark-blue harbor. For a Greek town name generator, lock -kome, a village.

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    Lock the ending on -nesos, the Ancient Greek word for an island, and every press names an island. The list under the tool shows each part with the Greek word it comes from and its meaning, so Chionopolis reads as snow city.

    Tips
    • These names use k where Latin spelling uses c. Swap the letter for a Roman-era map.
    • The patron is an invented epithet. Give it a name of your own.

    Questions and answers

    How were ancient Greek cities named?

    Often for a founder or for what the place was. Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great, and Philippi was renamed by Philip II of Macedon. Megalopolis means great city, Neapolis new city and Heliopolis city of the sun.

    What does polis mean?

    Polis is the Ancient Greek word for a city. A polis was a Greek city-state, and the word ends many city names: Megalopolis is the great city. Modern Greek says poli.

    Are these real Greek cities?

    No. Every join was checked against the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places, the GeoNames table of Greece and Wikipedia titles, and first parts behind a real name were cut. The words themselves are real Ancient Greek.

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    First part: all 28 first parts

    Size, age, color and metal 9

    • Chalko χαλκός, copper
    • Chloro χλωρός, green
    • Erythro ἐρυθρός, red
    • Keramo κέραμος, clay
    • Kyano κυάνεος, dark-blue
    • Marmaro μάρμαρος, marble
    • Melano μέλας, black
    • Porphyro πορφύρα, purple
    • Xantho ξανθός, yellow
    Show all 28 first parts (19 more)

    Sky, water and stone 8

    • Anemo ἄνεμος, wind
    • Chiono χιών, snow
    • Hespero ἑσπέρα, evening
    • Nepho νέφος, cloud
    • Nykto νύξ, night
    • Potamo ποταμός, river
    • Seleno σελήνη, moon
    • Thalasso θάλασσα, sea

    Plants and animals 11

    • Chelono χελώνη, tortoise
    • Daphno δάφνη, laurel
    • Delphino δελφίς, dolphin
    • Dendro δένδρον, tree
    • Elaio ἐλαία, olive
    • Glauko γλαῦξ, owl
    • Kisso κισσός, ivy
    • Krino κρίνον, lily
    • Kykno κύκνος, swan
    • Kyparisso κυπάρισσος, cypress
    • Peuko πεύκη, pine

    How this list was compiled: Our own choice of 28 first parts, each the joining form of an Ancient Greek word, shown with the word in Greek letters and its meaning. Each meaning was checked on 2026-10-02 against the Ancient Greek section of the word's English Wiktionary entry (https://en.wiktionary.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). Every name the First part and Ending rows can spell was checked that day, in Latin letters with k and with c and in Greek letters, against the Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places (44,198 names, https://pleiades.stoa.org/, CC BY 3.0), the GeoNames table of Greece and of places of 500 people and up worldwide with their alternate names (https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/, CC BY 4.0), an English dictionary, every list on this site and exact page titles on English Wikipedia (with k and with c), because Neapolis, Heliopolis and Megalopolis are real cities. The first part behind a match was cut. 33 candidates were cut (28 a real place on the map; 5 a Wikipedia page title), among them Nea, Palaio, Hiero, Mikro, Leuko, Chryso, Helio, Megalo. One more first part, Ampelo, and the ending chora came off afterward: their names stood one letter from real places in the GeoNames table of Greece (Ampelokipoi, and villages that end in -chori). Licence: own selection; words and meanings from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    Ending: all 11 endings

    K 4

    • kepos κῆπος, garden
    • kolpos κόλπος, bay
    • kome κώμη, village
    • krene κρήνη, spring or fountain

    L 1

    • limen λιμήν, harbor

    N 1

    • nesos νῆσος, island

    P 4

    • pege πηγή, spring
    • petra πέτρα, rock
    • polis πόλις, city
    • pyrgos πύργος, tower

    T 1

    • teichos τεῖχος, wall
    How this list was compiled

    11 Ancient Greek words for a kind of place, used as the second half of a name, each with its meaning checked on 2026-10-02 against the Ancient Greek section of its English Wiktionary entry (CC BY-SA 4.0). The screen is described in the First part row's source. One ending was cut afterward: chora, land, because with nine of the first parts it stood one letter from a village of modern Greece that ends in -chori. Licence: own selection; words and meanings from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    On: all 25 sites

    A 19

    • a bay sheltered from the north wind
    • a delta of reed beds
    • a double harbor
    • a gap between two plains
    • a gulf of many islands
    • a headland
    • a hillside fed by springs
    • a lakeshore under a mountain
    Show all 25 sites (17 more)

    A, continued

    • a low hill in a plain of olive trees
    • a narrow strait
    • a natural terrace over the water
    • a peninsula tied to the mainland by a sandbar
    • a promontory with a single cove to land in
    • a rocky hill above a plain
    • a small island close to shore
    • a wide estuary
    • a windy plateau
    • an isthmus
    • an offshore rock joined by a mole

    L 1

    • the lee side of a mountain island

    R 1

    • the rim of a drowned crater

    S 2

    • the shore of a lagoon
    • the slope of a mountain

    T 1

    • twin hills

    W 1

    • white cliffs over a cove

    How this list was compiled: Our own list of 25 sites, written on 2026-10-02 to read after "a Greek city on". No line names a real place. Licence: own work

    Patron: all 25 patrons

    F 1

    • the founder whose name is on the coins

    G 3

    • the giver of the harvest
    • the gray keeper of the tides
    • the guide of travelers

    H 3

    • the healer with the staff
    • the hero who cleared the pass
    • the huntress of the hills

    K 1

    • the keeper of the hearth
    Show all 25 patrons (17 more)

    L 6

    • the lady of the crossroads
    • the lady of the loom
    • the lady of the olive
    • the lord of the deep water
    • the lord of the vine and the fig
    • the lord of the west wind

    M 2

    • the maiden of the spring
    • the measurer of the year

    N 1

    • the nine sisters of song

    O 1

    • the opener of the morning

    R 1

    • the runner with winged heels

    S 2

    • the shepherd of the clouds
    • the smith of the mountain

    T 1

    • the twin horsemen

    W 3

    • the warden of the anchorage
    • the watcher at the gate
    • the weaver of dreams

    How this list was compiled: Our own list of 25 plain-English epithets for an unnamed patron, written on 2026-10-02 to read after the word "under". They are for stories set in the ancient world; no god is named. Licence: own work