Cilicia
Cilicia is an ancient region in the south of Turkey, along its eastern Mediterranean coast. Throughout the history the region has been much contested for as it forms the shortest land connection between Europe and the Levant, and therefore is very rich in historical sites.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sayköy and Yanpar.
Sayköy
Village
Sayköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 421. It is situated in Çukurova. Çukurova Motorway is to the north and Turkish state highway D.400 is to the south of the village.
Yanpar
Village
Yanpar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Akdeniz, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 712. It is situated just south of the Çukurova motorway.
Kerimler
Village
Kerimler is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Tarsus, Mersin Province, Turkey. Its population is 183. It lies between Turkish state highway D.400 and Motorway O.51 both going from west to east in Çukurova.
Cilicia
- Type: region
- Description: ancient region of Asia Minor
- Categories: area and historical region
- Location: Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.92° or 36° 55′ 12″ northLongitude
34.76° or 34° 45′ 36″ eastOpen location code
8G8PWQC5+2XWikidata ID
Q620864
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Cilicia” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kilikia”
- Amharic: “ኪልቅያ”
- Arabic: “قليقيا”
- Arabic: “قيليقي”
- Arabic: “قيليقيا”
- Arabic: “قيليقية”
- Arabic: “قيليقيه”
- Arabic: “كيليكيا”
- Arabic: “كيليكية”
- Aragonese: “Cilicia”
- Aragonese: “Zilizia”
- Armenian: “Կիլիկիա”
- Asturian: “Cilicia”
- Azerbaijani: “Kilikiya”
- Basque: “Zilizia”
- Belarusian: “Кілікія”
- Breton: “Cilicia”
- Breton: “Kilikia”
- Bulgarian: “Киликия”
- Catalan: “Awariku”
- Catalan: “Cilicens”
- Catalan: “Cilícia Aspre”
- Catalan: “Cilícia Campestre”
- Catalan: “Cilicia Campestris”
- Catalan: “Cilicia Prima”
- Catalan: “Cilícia Primera”
- Catalan: “Cilicia Secunda”
- Catalan: “Cilícia Secunda”
- Catalan: “Cilícia Segona”
- Catalan: “Cilícia”
- Catalan: “Mopsucrene”
- Catalan: “Portes Cilícies”
- Catalan: “Qu’e”
- Central Kurdish: “سیلیکا”
- Chinese: “喀利喀亚”
- Chinese: “基利家”
- Chinese: “基利家省”
- Chinese: “奇里乞亚”
- Chinese: “奇里乞亚行省”
- Chinese: “奇里乞亞”
- Chinese: “西里西亞總督”
- Chuvash: “Килики”
- Croatian: “Cilicia”
- Croatian: “Cilicija”
- Croatian: “Kilikija”
- Czech: “Kilikie”
- Czech: “Kilíkie”
- Danish: “Kilikien”
- Dimli (individual language): “Kilikya”
- Dutch: “Cilicia”
- Dutch: “Cilicie”
- Dutch: “Cilicië”
- Dutch: “Kilikië”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيليكيا”
- Esperanto: “Cilicia”
- Esperanto: “Kilikio”
- Estonian: “Kiliikia”
- Finnish: “Cilicia”
- Finnish: “Kilikia”
- French: “Cilicia”
- French: “Cilicie”
- Galician: “Cilicia”
- Georgian: “კილიკია”
- German: “Cilicia”
- German: “Hilakku”
- German: “Kilikia Pedias”
- German: “Kilikien”
- German: “Zilizien”
- Greek: “Αώα”
- Greek: “Κιλικία”
- Hebrew: “קיליקיה”
- Hungarian: “Kilikia”
- Ido: “Kilikia”
- Indonesian: “Cilicia”
- Indonesian: “Kilikia”
- Irish: “an Chilic”
- Irish: “Cilic”
- Italian: “Cilicia Secunda”
- Italian: “Cilicia”
- Japanese: “キリキア”
- Kazakh: “Киликия”
- Kirghiz: “Киликия”
- Korean: “실리시아”
- Korean: “킬리키아”
- Kurdish: “Kilikya”
- Kurdish: “Kîlîkya”
- Kurdish: “کیلیکیا”
- Latin: “Cilicia”
- Latvian: “Kilikija”
- Lithuanian: “Kicuvatna”
- Lithuanian: “Kilikija”
- Macedonian: “Киликија”
- Malagasy: “Kilikia”
- Mingrelian: “კილიკია”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cilicia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kilikia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kilikia”
- Norwegian: “Kilikia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cilícia”
- Persian: “کیلکیه”
- Persian: “کیلیکیه”
- Polish: “Cylicja”
- Portuguese: “Cilicia”
- Portuguese: “Cilícia”
- Portuguese: “Silicia”
- Portuguese: “Silícia”
- Romanian: “Cilicia”
- Russian: “Киликийцы”
- Russian: “Киликия”
- Serbian: “Kilikija”
- Serbian: “Киликија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cilicia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Cilicija”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kilikija”
- Slovak: “Cilicia”
- Slovak: “Cilícia”
- Slovak: “Kilikia”
- Slovak: “Kilíkia”
- Slovak: “Kylikia”
- Slovenian: “Kilikija”
- Spanish: “Cilicia”
- Swahili: “Kilikia”
- Swedish: “Cicilia”
- Swedish: “Cilicia”
- Swedish: “Cilicien”
- Swedish: “Kilikia”
- Swedish: “Kilikien”
- Swedish: “Lillarmenien”
- Swiss German: “Kilikien”
- Thai: “ซิลิเชีย”
- Tosk Albanian: “Kilikien”
- Turkish: “Kilikya”
- Ukrainian: “Кілікія”
- Urdu: “قلیقیہ”
- Uzbek: “Kilikiya”
- Venetian: “Ciłesia”
- Vietnamese: “Cilicia”
- Vietnamese: “Ki-li-ki-a”
- Vietnamese: “Si-li-si”
- Waray (Philippines): “Cilicia”
- Welsh: “Cilicia”
- Western Armenian: “Կիլիկիա”
- Wu Chinese: “奇里乞亚”
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