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| English classical name | Inscriptional name | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabalia | A region | Ptolemy, Strabo, who calls it Cabalis, and says it contains Oenianda, Balbura, Bubon. The The Solymi lived there and the Lydians of Cibyra settled there. Part was in Milyas, part in Pisidia, and part in Rhodian territory, as well as in Lycia. | |
| Cabessus | Greek Kabessos | Stephanus | |
| Cadianda | Khadawãti | Greek Kaduanda, near Üzümlü. | |
| Cadrema | Stephanus | ||
| Calbius Spring | Greek Kalbios Krene. | Stephanus says that some say it is Kalainon. | |
| Callatebus | Greek Kallatebos | Stephanus | |
| Calinda | Greek Kalunda, Turkish Kozpınar. | Listed in Ptolemy in coastal Lycia | |
| Canas | Pliny | ||
| Candyba | Khãkba | Greek Kanduba, close to Gendive. | Ptolemy, Pliny. Possibly the same as Hittite Hinduwa. Named for the son of Deucalion, according to Stephanus. Hierocles. |
| Cannus | Listed by Ptolemy as a coastal town | ||
| Carbana | Greek Karbana | Stephanus | |
| Carmylessus | 36°34′59.0″N 29°4′4.0″E / 36.58306°N 29.06778°E / 36.58306; 29.06778, Greek Karmulessos, 101 m (331 ft) from Turkish Kayaköy, a Greek ghost town open for tourism. Elevation is 136 m (446 ft). | Strabo says it is a settlement on a ravine of Anticragus Mountain. | |
| Carya | Listed by Ptolemy as a coastal town | ||
| Carysis Island | Greek Karusis. | Stephanus, island belonging to Crya. | |
| Caunus | Khbide | Greek Kaunos, a major city and seaport near Dalyan | Ptolemy lists the city as part of Doris, meaning Dorian Anatolia, near the Lycian border. Hierocles. |
| Chelidoniae Islands | Greek Chelidoniai, Turkish Beş Adalar. | Strabo says there are three off the promontory, one with a landing for vessels. | |
| Chelidonia Promontory | Greek Hiera Akra, "Sacred promontory," Turkish Gelidonya Burnu. | Ptolemy, who calls it cliffs, and Strabo, who says the continuous chain of the Taurus Mountains start here. | |
| Cherrhonesus Promontory | Greek Cherrhonesos Akra | Stephanus | |
| Chimaera Ravine | Avlan valley. | Strabo says it is a ravine "extending up from the shore." | |
| Chimaera Mountain | Turkish Yanartaş. | Pliny speaks of an eternal flame, which turns out to be a steady stream of inflammable gas. | |
| Chlyda | Listed by Ptolemy as a coastal town | ||
| Choma | Near Sarılar. | Ptolemy, Pliny, who says it is on the Aedesa, Hierocles. | |
| Chrysaor | Greek Chrysaoris. | Stephanus says this is a Carian city with substantial Lycian residents. | |
| Cibyra | Greek Kibura, abandoned site north of Gölhisar. | Strabo. An independent city, ruler of the Tetrapolis, never politically part of Lycia, but housing a population element speaking the language of the Solymi. The state was called the Cibyratis. | |
| Cisthene island and town | Strabo | ||
| Climax Mountain | Greek Klimaks | Strabo | |
| Cochliousa Island | Greek Kochliousa | Stephanus | |
| Comba | Greek Kombe | Ptolemy, Hierocles has Kombe. | |
| Comistaraus | Greek Komistaraos. | Hierocles | |
| Corycus | Greek Korukos | Described by Strabo as a stretch of coast. | |
| Corydalla | 36°22′5.9″N 30°18′4.6″E / 36.368306°N 30.301278°E / 36.368306; 30.301278, Greek Korudalla, 424 m (1,391 ft) from Kumluca. Elevation 30 m (98 ft), not a mountain village. | Ptolemy, a mountain village of Pliny. | |
| Cragus (KP) | Greek Kragos, a monetary district of Lycia | It had its own coinage. Implied by Ptolemy's "near the Cragus mountains." | |
| Cragus Mountain | Greek Kragos, Turkish Avdancık or Sandak Dağ. | Pliny, Ptolemy, Strabo, who says it has eight promontories. | |
| Cragus | Greek Kragos. | Strabo mentions a city of the same name as the mountain. | |
| Crambusa | Strabo | ||
| Crya | Greek Krua | Stephanus | |
| Cyaneae | 36°15′10.5″N 29°49′45.7″E / 36.252917°N 29.829361°E / 36.252917; 29.829361, elevation 653 m (2,142 ft), Greek Kuaneai, 350 m (1,150 ft) from Turkish Yavı. | Pliny | |
| Cydna | Ptolemy |
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