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Some of the identifications of these names are disputed. ''Wilusiya'' is commonly identified with Ilion , and ''Taruisa'' with the surrounding Troas , and ''Warsiya'' may be associated with ''Lukka'' ( Lycia ). However, identification of ''Luqqa'' with ''Lukka'' (Lycia) is problematic, because that would put the Assuwa league both north and south of Arzawa in southwestern Anatolia. Assuwa appears to lie north of Arzawa, covering the northwestern corner of Anatolia. Homer in the Iliad seems to refer to two Lycias (in 2.876-77, 5.479; Sarpedon is a leader of "distant Lycia" while in 2.824ff. 5.105 Pandarus is another leader of Lycians from around Mount Ida near Troy, so that ''Lukka'' vs. ''Luqqa'' may find its explanation in these terms. ''Assuwa'' has been suggested as the origin for the name of the continent '' Asia '' (Bossert, 1946). References
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