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English classical name | Inscriptional name | Description | Sources |
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Xanthus | Lycian Arñna, Hieroglyphic Luwian Awarna, and possibly Arinna | Greek Ksanthos, the largest city of Lycia, the site of present day Kınık, Antalya Province, Turkey. | Listed in Ptolemy, Hierocles, Strabo, who says it was later called Arsinoe, and Pliny. Stephanus says it was called Arna before Xanthus. |
Xanthus river | Hittite Siyanti | Turkish Esen Çay. | Listed by Ptolemy, Strabo, who says it was formerly the Sirbis, and Pliny. |
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