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Maleum

Maleum, P. (Μαλεὼ ἅκρον, Ptol. 7.1.4), a promontory which forms the southern termination of Syrastrene (now Cutch). It separated the gulfs of Canthi (the Runn of Cutch) and Barygaza (Cambay).

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.