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Lango

Ancient name
Kos
Modern name
Kos
Modern country
Greece
The island of Lango, now known as Kos, lies northwest of Rhodes in the Dodecanese archipelago in the Aegean Sea, south of Samos and off the western coast of Asia Minor. While the Genoese had controlled Samos since the 11th century, starting in the 14th century they rented it to the Knights Hospitaller, whose base was on nearby Rhodes.
Coordinates
36.84, 27.17

The toponym Lango appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P160

Variant spellings of Lango in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
La[...] Pnc5
la[n]go Ashb7
lagho ME2
langho He2, Laur5, Med1
Langho Luc2
LANGHO Wie1
Lango Clas2, Laur3, Magl2, Par2, Per2
lango Ashb7, Bal, Fn9, He3, NB, Pal8, Parm2, Ricc8, Yale4
lingo Ricc1
longo Ricc15
Luncho Marc1
lungo Fo
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Lango.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/lango/.