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English classical name | Inscriptional name | Description | Sources |
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Acalessus | Greek Akalessos | Stephanus, Hierocles, who has Akalisos. | |
Acarassus | Greek Akarassos | Stephanus | |
Aedesa River | Turkish Ak Çay. | Pliny | |
Agathe Island | Greek Agathe. | Stephanus | |
Alimala | Greek Alimala | Stephanus | |
Alina Island | Greek Alina. | Stephanus, an island belonging to Crya. | |
Amelas | Pliny | ||
Andriaca | 36°13′46.6″N 29°57′30.6″E / 36.229611°N 29.9585°E / 36.229611; 29.9585, Greek Andriake, 2.543 km (1.580 mi) from Tugluc, elevation 0. | Ptolemy, Pliny. | |
Anticragus Mountain | Greek Antikragos, Turkish Buba Dağ. | Strabo. | |
Antiphellus | Greek Antiphellos, Turkish Kaş | Ptolemy, Strabo, Pliny, who says it was formerly Habessus, Stephanus, Hierocles. | |
Aperlae | Apr and prl | 36°9′43.5″N 29°47′19.9″E / 36.162083°N 29.788861°E / 36.162083; 29.788861, elevation 56 m (184 ft). Greek Aperlai, a former port of Lycia, Turkish Siçak Iskelesi, the docks on Aperlai Bay, 4.11 km (2.55 mi) from Kiliçli. | Lycian name from coins. Listed in Ptolemy as Aperroe, in Pliny as Aperræ. Hierocles has Aperlai. |
Apollonia Island | Greek Apollonia, Turkish Sıçak. | Stephanus | |
Aptera | Greek Aptera | Stephanus | |
Araxa | Araththi | Greek Araksa, located at Turkish Ören on the Xanthus River. | Ptolemy, Stephanus, Hierocles. The Lycian name is from coins. |
Argais Island | Greek Argais | Stephanus | |
Arna | See Xanthus | ||
Arneiae | Greek Arneiai. | Stephanus, who calls it a "small city" and says that Homer called it Orneiai. | |
Arsinoe | Greek Arsinoe | Stephanus | |
Artymnesus | Greek Artumnesos | Stephanus | |
Arycanda | Arykawanda | Greek Arukanda, located at Aykiriçay in Antalya Province. | Stephanus, Hierocles. |
Arycandus River | Greek Arukandos, Turkish Karasu Çay. | Pliny, who says it is a tributary of the Xanthus. | |
Ascandalis | Pliny | ||
Aspalathis Island | Greek Aspalathis | Stephanus | |
Aspis Island | Greek Aspis | Stephanus | |
Aulae | Greek Aulai | Stephanus |
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