Troas

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Troas
     a city on the coast of Mysia, in the north-west of Asia Minor,
     named after ancient Troy, which was at some little distance from
     it (about 4 miles) to the north. Here Paul, on his second
     missionary journey, saw the vision of a "man of Macedonia," who
     appeared to him, saying, "Come over, and help us" (Acts


     16:8-11). He visited this place also on other occasions, and on
     one of these visits he left his cloak and some books there (2
     Cor. 2:12; 2 Tim. 4:13). The ruins of Troas extend over many
     miles, the site being now mostly covered with a forest of oak
     trees. The modern name of the ruins is Eski Stamboul i.e., Old
     Constantinople.
     

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

  Troas, penetrated