Lycia
Lycia is the westernmost section of Mediterranean Turkey. Sometimes known as the Turquoise Coast, it has a rugged scenic coastline popular for water activities.
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Lycia
- Type: landscape
- Description: geopolitical region in Anatolia
- Also known as: “Lício”, “Lícios”, “Likya Uygarlığı”, “Likyalilar”, “Luhha”, “Lukka”, “Lycien”, “Lycja”, “Lykere”, “Lykie”, “Lykierne”, “Lykija”, “ليسيا”, “ليقيا”, “ليكيه”, “لیسیا”, “لیسیه”, “لیقیه”, “สหพันธ์ลิเชีย”, “뤼키아”, “リュキア属州”, “吕喀亚”, “吕基亚同盟”, “吕基亚省”, “吕基亚行省”, “吕客亚”, and “吕西亚”
- Category: historical region
- Location: Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
36.92° or 36° 55′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
29.32° or 29° 19′ 12″ east
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Waray—“Lycia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Lisië”
- Arabic: “لوقية”
- Armenian: “Լիկիա”
- Asturian: “Licia”
- Azerbaijani: “Likiya”
- Basque: “Lizia”
- Belarusian: “Лікія”
- Breton: “Likia”
- Bulgarian: “Ликия”
- Catalan: “Lícia”
- Chinese: “吕基亚”
- Croatian: “Licija”
- Czech: “Lýkie”
- Danish: “Lykien”
- Dutch: “Lycië”
- Esperanto: “Likio”
- Estonian: “Lüükia”
- Finnish: “Lyykia”
- French: “Lycie”
- Galician: “Licia”
- Georgian: “ლიკია”
- German: “Lykien”
- Greek: “Λυκία”
- Hebrew: “ליקיה”
- Hindi: “लुकिया”
- Hungarian: “Lükia”
- Ido: “Likia”
- Indonesian: “Likia”
- Indonesian: “Lykia”
- Irish: “an Licia”
- Italian: “Licia”
- Japanese: “リュキア”
- Javanese: “Lykia”
- Korean: “리키아”
- Kurdish: “Lîkya”
- Latin: “Lycia”
- Latvian: “Līkija”
- Lithuanian: “Likija”
- Macedonian: “Ликија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lykia”
- Norwegian: “Lykia”
- Persian: “لیکیه”
- Polish: “Licja”
- Portuguese: “Lícia”
- Romanian: “Licia”
- Russian: “Ликия”
- Serbian: “Ликија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Likija”
- Slovak: “Lýkia”
- Slovenian: “Likija”
- Spanish: “Licia”
- Swedish: “Lykien”
- Tamil: “லைசியா”
- Thai: “ลิเชีย”
- Turkish: “Likya”
- Ukrainian: “Лікія”
- Urdu: “لیکیا”
- Uzbek: “Likiya”
- Venetian: “Lìcia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lycia (rehiyon)”
- Waray (Philippines): “Lycia”
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