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Kınık (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 20 58 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.3495 decimal degrees |
| Long: 029 19 17 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.3213 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the left bank of the river of the same name (modern Köca), Xanthos was the chief city of ancient Lycia; became seat of a Lycian religious federation; taken by Brutus 43 BCE; destroyed by Arab attacks during the 7th century. |
Names: |
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| Kınık (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Günük (C,V)
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| Ganak (C,V)
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| Kinik (C,V)
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| Kınıklı (C,V)
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| Xanthos (H,V)
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| Ξάνθος (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Xanthus (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Kınık (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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flourished from the 7th century BCE |
| archaeological site (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Letoon .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Turkey, Antalya) [5003779] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Ξάνθος.......... |
[VP] |
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Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthos |
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