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Lillium or Lillion ( grc, Λίλλιον), or Lileon or Lileum (Λιλεόν), or Lilaeus or Lilaios (Λίλαιος), was a commercial town (Emporium (antiquity), emporium) on the Black Sea coast of ancient Bithynia, 40 stadion (unit), stadia to the east of Dia (Bithynia), Dia. It is possible that the place may have derived its name from the Lilaeus (river), Lilaeus, which Pliny the Elder mentions among the rivers of Bithynia. Its site is located east of Akçakoca in Anatolia, Asiatic Turkey.


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Populated places in Bithynia Former populated places in Turkey History of Düzce Province {{Düzce-geo-stub