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"Land/Place of Daligastia"
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"Land/Place of Daligastia"

DALA-MA-TIA, headquarters city
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DALA-MA-TIA, headquarters city

DALA-MA-TIA, headquarters city = "Land/Place of Daligastia"

Informed SpeculationModerate evidenceLinguistic / Etymological

The Connection

DALA (from Daligastia, Caligastia's assistant) + MA (phonetic bridge) + TIA (place suffix). Same naming convention as Urantia: the headquarters city named after its day-to-day administrator, Daligastia.

UB Citation

UB 66:3.1

Academic Source

Comparative Sumerian place-name analysis

Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)

The -TIA place suffix appears across Mesopotamian and Mediterranean geography (Dalamatia, Croatia/Dalmatia, Galatia). The construction follows established Sumerian naming conventions where cities are named after their patron deity or ruler. The parallel is structurally consistent with known Sumerian place-naming patterns, though no academic source draws this specific conclusion.

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