Abila
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Abila is the name of several places of antiquity:
- cities
- Abila (Decapolis), also called Seleucia, currently ca. 13 km northeast of Irbid, Jordan
- Abila Lysaniou, capital of ancient Abilene, ca. 20 km northwest of Damascus, Syria
- Abila (Peraea), northeast of the northern shore of the Dead Sea, currently in northwestern Jordan
- Abila, a Latin name for Ávila, Spain
- mountains
- Abila Mons, the southern of the Pillars of Hercules on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar, now Monte Hacho, in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta