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Silingi
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The Silings or Silingi (Latin: Silingae, Greek Σιλίγγαι - Silingai) were an East Germanic tribe probably part of the larger Vandal group. According to most scholars, the Silingi lived in Lower Silesia , the term "Silesia" itself perhaps being derived from "Silingi" (from Silingi tribe the near river was named Silingula.The rivers name was borrowed by Slavs after their invasion in V-VI a.d. as Sьlęža(Silingja) - today Ślęża. The Slavic tribe that lived near the Sьlęža river was named Sьlęžjanewhich later evolved into Sьlęžane, then the Modern Polish Ślężanie. The land of Sьlęžane was named Sьlęžьsko, which evolved into Old Polish Ślążsko, now Modern Polish Śląska, Czech Slezsko, Latin Silesia, West-Germanic-Proto-Old High German Slesia, Modern High German Schlesien.
Claudius Ptolemaeus wrote that they had lived south of the Suebi-Semnone tribe. The Silingi were part of the migratory movements of the Vandals, into the Iberian peninsula and later on to North Africa.
Claudius Ptolemaeus, 'Geography' wrote: Back below the Semnones the Silingae have their seat ... and below the Silingae the Calucones and the Camavi up to Mt. Melibocus, from whom to the east near the Albis river and above them, below Mt. Asciburgius, the Corconti
- Migrations period
- Hasdingi
- The western Alans and Vandals
- Timeline of Portuguese history - Germanic Kingdoms (5th to 8th Century)
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