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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Assos
     a sea-port town of Proconsular Asia, in the district of Mysia,
     on the north shore of the Gulf of Adramyttium. Paul came hither
     on foot along the Roman road from Troas (Acts 20:13, 14), a
     distance of 20 miles. It was about 30 miles distant from Troas
     by sea. The island of Lesbos lay opposite it, about 7 miles


     distant.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Assos, approaching; coming near
  

















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