Filyos River
The Filyos River is a river in northern Turkey. The longest branch of the Filyos is formed near Karabük by several tributaries. It flows to the west through a deep canyon past Yenice.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Turkey, in antiquity the Billaeus
- Also known as: “Billaeus”, “Billaios”, “Filyos Çay”, “Filyos Çayı”, “Philias Chai”, and “Yenice Irmagi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tium.
Tium
Tium was an ancient settlement, also known as Filyos, on the south coast of the Black Sea at the mouth of the river Billaeus in present-day Turkey. Ancient writers variously assigned it to ancient Paphlagonia or Bithynia.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sazköy and Filyos.
Sazköy
Village
Sazköy is a village in Çaycuma District, Zonguldak Province, Turkey. Its population is 233.
Filyos
Village
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Filyos is a town in the Çaycuma District, Zonguldak Province, Turkey. Its population is 4,847. It is a coastal town of the Black Sea Region, situated at the mouth of the Filyos River. Filyos is situated 3 km southwest of Filyos River.
Aşağıihsaniye
Village
Aşağıihsaniye is a village in Çaycuma District, Zonguldak Province, Turkey. Its population is 149. Aşağıihsaniye is situated 3½ km southeast of Filyos River.
Filyos River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Zonguldak Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Filyos River” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Filyos Çayı”
- Chinese: “菲裏優斯河”
- Chinese: “菲里優斯河”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فيليوس”
- French: “Filyos Çayı”
- French: “Rivière de Filyos”
- French: “Yenice Irmağı”
- German: “Filyos Çayı”
- Hungarian: “Filyos Çayı”
- Hungarian: “Filyos”
- Irish: “Abhainn Filyos”
- Turkish: “Filyos Çayı”
- Turkish: “Filyosağzı”
- Turkish: “Yenice Ağzı”
- Welsh: “Afon Filyos”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gökçeler and Derecikören.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hisar Burnu and Hisarönü İstasyonu.
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