χώρα (Chora) is the Greek word for country, land, or region.
Learn more here: https://biblehub.com/greek/5561.htm
My name is David Eder. I'm just some guy in Montana that wanted better Bible maps. But really, I just cobbled together other people's work. Look at the credits and sources below.
I would love to have some help. You won't be paid, but I'll add your name to the credits below if you want. Here is what we need:
Send me an email. My email address starts with "biblemaps@" and ends with "eder.us".
(Not all currently used, but use is planned.)
OpenBible.info
Bible Geocoding
https://www.openbible.info/geo/
Bible Reference Parser
https://www.openbible.info/labs/reference-parser/
Biblemapper
https://biblemapper.com/
Published data:
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gec-dynamic-data-layers/g4UaJlbBk14
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ancient World Mapping Center
http://awmc.unc.edu/wordpress/map-files/
Harvard University
Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations
https://darmc.harvard.edu/data-availability
WorldMap
http://worldmap.harvard.edu/
Leaflet
https://leafletjs.com/
Curve
https://github.com/elfalem/Leaflet.curve
Polylabel
https://github.com/mapbox/polylabel
https://github.com/mourner/tinyqueue
Talessman's Atlas of World History
http://worldhistorymaps.info/
The Geacron Project
http://geacron.com
Ancient History Encyclopedia
Map of the Ancient World
https://www.ancient.eu/map/
Time Maps
World History for the period up to 3500 BCE
https://www.timemaps.com/history/world-3500bc/
Spatializing 6,000 years of global urbanization from 3700 BC to AD 2000
https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201634
http://metrocosm.com/history-of-cities/
BibleHub
Bible Atlas
https://bibleatlas.org/
Map Warper
http://mapwarper.net/
Icon derived from Agrippa's Orbis Terrarum
http://www.myoldmaps.com/maps-from-antiquity-6200-bc/115-strabo/118-agrippas-orbis-terrarum/