List of Lycian place names

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This article contains a list of Lycian place names that have survived from ancient Lycia in Anatolia. Names of settlements and geomorphic features are known from the literary sources of ancient Greece. The archeological exploration of Lycia has uncovered numerous inscriptions in the Lycian language. Some of these texts contain place names in their Lycian forms.

1 Places with known Lycian names
2 Places known from classical texts only
3 Notes
4 References

[edit] Places with known Lycian names

The Lycian names of these places are known from inscriptional evidence:

Trm̃mis = Lycia, the ancient region now in Turkey (In conventional orthography, the third letter is an "m" with a tilde above it).
Aprll = Aperlai, a city of Lycia near the coast.
Araththi = Araxa, a city of Caria, an ancient region now in Turkey.
Arikanda = Arykawanda, a city of Lycia.
Arñna = Xanthos, the largest city of Lycia.
Isñta = Isinda, a city of Lycia.
Khadawãti = Kadyanda, a city of Caria.
Khãkbi = Kandyba, a city of Lycia.
Khbide = Kaunos, a city of Caria.
Pilleñni = Pinara, a city of Lycia.
Pttara = Patara, considered the second city of Lycia.
Telebehi = Telmessos, a city of Caria.
Tlãñna = Tlos, a city of Lycia.
Wehñta = Phellos, a city of Lycia near Xanthos.
Zẽmuri = Limyra, a city of eastern Lycia.
Doliciste = Kekova, an island on the Lycian coast.