Editing Dacia (section)

== Cities ==
{{Main|Davae|List of Dacian towns}}

Ptolemy gives a list of 43 names of towns in Dacia, out of which arguably 33 were of Dacian origin. Most of the latter included the added suffix "dava" (meaning settlement, village). But, other Dacian names from his list lack the suffix (e.g. Zarmisegethusa regia = Zermizirga). In addition, nine other names of Dacian origin seem to have been Latinised.{{sfn|Oltean|2007|p=114}}

The cities of the Dacians were known as ''-dava'', ''-deva'', -δαυα ("-dawa" or "-dava", [[Ancient Greek|Anc. Gk.]]), -δεβα ("-deva", [[Byzantine Greek|Byz. Gk.]]) or -δαβα ("-dava", [[Byzantine Greek|Byz. Gk.]]), etc. .

#In Dacia: ''[[Acidava]]'', ''[[Argedava]]'', ''[[Buridava]]'', ''Dokidava'', ''Carsidava'', ''Clepidava'', ''[[Cumidava]]'', ''Marcodava'', ''Netindava'', ''Patridava'', ''[[Craiova|Pelendava]]'', ''*Perburidava'', ''Petrodaua'', ''Piroboridaua'', ''Rhamidaua'', ''Rusidava'', ''Sacidava'', ''Sangidava'', ''Setidava'', ''Singidava'', ''Tamasidava'', ''Utidava'', ''Zargidava'', ''[[Ziridava]]'', ''Sucidava''{{snd}}26 names altogether.
# In Lower Moesia (the present Northern [[Bulgaria]]) and Scythia minor ([[Dobrudja]]): ''[[Aedeba]]'', ''*Buteridava'', ''*Giridava'', ''Dausadava'', ''Kapidaua'', ''Murideba'', ''Sacidava'', ''Scaidava'' (''Skedeba''), ''Sagadava'', ''Sukidaua'' (''Sucidava''){{snd}}10 names in total.
#In Upper Moesia (the districts of Nish, Sofia, and partly Kjustendil): ''[[Aiadaba]]'', ''Bregedaba'', ''Danedebai'', ''Desudaba'', ''Itadeba'', ''Kuimedaba'', ''Zisnudeba''{{snd}}seven names in total.

''Gil-doba'', a village in [[Thracia]], of unknown location.

''Thermi-daua'', a town in [[Dalmatia (Roman province)|Dalmatia]]. Probably a Grecized form of ''*Germidava''.

''Pulpu-deva'', (Phillipopolis) today [[Plovdiv]] in [[Bulgaria]].