Lynkestis or
Lynchestia ( meaning "land of the
lynx") was a region (in earlier times, a kingdom) of
Upper Macedonia located on the southern borders of
Illyria. The inhabitants of Lynkestis were known as
Lynkestai (Λυγκησταί), a northwestern
Greek tribe that belonged to the
Molossian tribal state, or
koinon, of
Epirus.