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English classical name | Inscriptional name | Description | Sources |
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Macra Island | Greek Makra, Turkish Meğri Ada. | Stephanus | |
Masicytus | A political unit of Lycia | It had its own coinage. Implied by Ptolemy's "near the Masicytus mountains." | |
Masicytus mountains | Greek Masikytos, Turkish Alaca Dağ. | Ptolemy lists without coordinates, Pliny has Masycites. | |
Megale Island | Greek Megale. | Stephanus | |
Megiste | Ancient Greek Megiste, modern Greek Kastellorizon. | Strabo, Stephanus, who place it on the island, same name. | |
Megiste Island | Ancient Greek Megiste, Modern Greek Megiste, belongs to Greece. | Ptolemy, Strabo, Stephanus. | |
Melaenae | Greek Melainai | Stephanus | |
Melanippion | Greek Melanippion, on Turkish Karaöz Limanı. | Stephanus | |
Menedemion | Stephanus | ||
Meroe | Stephanus | ||
Milias | Greek Miluas, Anglicised to Milyas. A district located on an alpine plain near Bay Dağ, identified by the Greek name on an inscription. | Ptolemy, Strabo. | |
Misai | Misae | Hierocles | |
Molydeia | Moludeia | Stephanus | |
Myra | 36°15′47.1″N 29°58′37.0″E / 36.263083°N 29.97694°E / 36.263083; 29.97694, elevation 239 m (784 ft), Greek Mura, 295 m (968 ft) from Sumeli in Demre. | Strabo, Pliny, Stephanus. Hierocles has Myra Metropolis. |
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