Cilicia

Cilicia is an ancient region in the south of , along its eastern . Throughout history the region has been much contested for as it forms the shortest land connection between and the , and therefore is very rich in historical sites.
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  • Type: region
  • Description: ancient region of Asia Minor
  • Also known as: “Awariku”, “Cicilia”, “Cilic”, “Cilicens”, “Cilícia Aspre”, “Cilícia Campestre”, “Cilicia Campestris”, “Cilicia Prima”, “Cilícia Primera”, “Cilicia Secunda”, “Cilícia Secunda”, “Cilícia Segona”, “Cilicien”, “Hilakku”, “Ki-li-ki-a”, “Kicuvatna”, “Kilikia Pedias”, “Kilikie”, “Kilikië”, “Kylikia”, “Lillarmenien”, “Mopsucrene”, “Portes Cilícies”, “Qu’e”, “Si-li-si”, “Silicia”, “Silícia”, “Zilizien”, “Αώα”, “Киликийцы”, “قليقيا”, “قيليقي”, “قيليقيا”, “قيليقيه”, “كيليكية”, “کیلکیه”, “실리시아”, “喀利喀亚”, “基利家”, “基利家省”, “奇里乞亚行省”, and “西里西亞總督”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sayköy and Yanpar.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , .

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , .

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , .

Cilicia

Latitude
36.92° or 36° 55′ 12″ north
Longitude
34.76° or 34° 45′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G8PWQC5+2X
Wiki­data ID
Q620864
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Cilicia” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kilikia”
  • Amharic: “ኪልቅያ”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κιλικία”
  • Arabic: “قيليقية”
  • Aragonese: “Cilicia”
  • Armenian: “Կիլիկիա”
  • Asturian: “Cilicia”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kilikiya”
  • Basque: “Zilizia”
  • Belarusian: “Кілікія”
  • Breton: “Kilikia”
  • Bulgarian: “Киликия”
  • Catalan: “Cilícia”
  • Central Kurdish: “کیلیکیە”
  • Chinese: “奇里乞亚”
  • Chinese: “奇里乞亞”
  • Chuvash: “Килики”
  • Croatian: “Cilicija”
  • Czech: “Kilíkie”
  • Danish: “Kilikien”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kilikya”
  • Dutch: “Cilicië”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيليكيا”
  • Esperanto: “Kilikio”
  • Estonian: “Kiliikia”
  • Finnish: “Kilikia”
  • French: “Cilicie”
  • Galician: “Cilicia”
  • Georgian: “კილიკია”
  • German: “Kilikien”
  • Greek: “Κιλικία”
  • Hebrew: “קיליקיה”
  • Hindi: “किलिकिया”
  • Hungarian: “Kilikia”
  • Ido: “Kilikia”
  • Indonesian: “Kilikia”
  • Irish: “an Chilic”
  • Italian: “Cilicia”
  • Japanese: “キリキア”
  • Kazakh: “Киликия”
  • Kirghiz: “Киликия”
  • Korean: “킬리키아”
  • Kurdish: “Kîlîkya”
  • Kurdish: “کیلیکیا”
  • Latin: “Cilicia”
  • Latvian: “Kilikija”
  • Lithuanian: “Kilikija”
  • Macedonian: “Киликија”
  • Malagasy: “Kilikia”
  • Mingrelian: “კილიკია”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kilikia”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kilikia”
  • Norwegian: “Kilikia”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cilícia”
  • Persian: “کیلیکیه”
  • Polish: “Cylicja”
  • Portuguese: “Cilícia”
  • Romanian: “Cilicia”
  • Russian: “Киликия”
  • Serbian: “Kilikija”
  • Serbian: “Киликија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kilikija”
  • Slovak: “Kilíkia”
  • Slovenian: “Kilikija”
  • Spanish: “Cilicia”
  • Swahili: “Kilikia”
  • Swedish: “Kilikien”
  • Swiss German: “Kilikien”
  • Thai: “ซิลิเชีย”
  • Turkish: “Kilikya”
  • Ukrainian: “Кілікія”
  • Urdu: “قلیقیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Kilikiya”
  • Venetian: “Ciłesia”
  • Vietnamese: “Cilicia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cilicia”
  • Welsh: “Cilicia”
  • Western Armenian: “Կիլիկիա”
  • Wu Chinese: “奇里乞亚”

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