Μοψουεστία | |
 Roman bridge in Misis-Mopsuestia over the Pyramus | |
  Shown within Turkey | |
| Alternative name | Mopsos, Seleucia on the Pyramus, Hadriana, Decia, al-Maṣṣīṣah, Mamistra, Misis, Yakapınar |
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| Location | Adana Province, Turkey |
| Region | Cilicia |
| Coordinates | 36°57′28″N 35°37′26″E / 36.95778°N 35.62389°E |
| Type | Settlement |
Mopsuestia (Ancient Greek: Μοψουεστία and Μόψου ἑστία, romanized: Mopsou(h)estia and Μόψου Mopsou and Μόψου πόλις and Μόψος; Byzantine Greek: Mamista, Manistra, Mampsista; Arabic: al-Maṣṣīṣah; Armenian: Msis, Mises, Mam(u)estia; modern Yakapınar) is an ancient city in Cilicia Campestris on the Pyramus River (now the Ceyhan River) located approximately 20 km (12 mi) east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey). From the city's harbor, the river is navigable to the Mediterranean Sea, a distance of over 40 km (24 mi).
The 1879 book A Latin Dictionary, the 1898 book Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia and the 1920 La Cilicie mention that the city at that time was called Missis or Messis,[1][2][3][4] but in 1960 the name changed to Yakapınar.[5]
- ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Mopsuestia
- ^ Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Mopsuestia
- ^ Vailhé, Siméon (1911). . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 10.
- ^ Normand Robert, La Cilicia. In: Annals of Geography. 1920, vol. 29, No. 162. p.p. 426-451
- ^ Missis and its Roman bridge