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Aydıncık (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 08 34 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.1439 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 18 50 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.3149 decimal degrees |
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Note: Modern town on ancient site; Kelenderis was an ancient center, part of Delian League between 460 & 454 BCE; a way station on the route to Egypt; survived into at least the 5th cen. CE. |
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| Aydıncık (preferred,C,V)
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| Aydincik (C,V)
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| Aydinisik (C,V)
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| Kelenderis (H,V,S)
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............ | ancient |
| Gilindire (H,V)
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| Celenderis (H,V)
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| Κελενδερίς (C,V,Ancient Greek,U)
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| Celendiris Ciliciae (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Aydıncık (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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colonized in 8th cen. BCE by Samians |
| town (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| Samian (H) |
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