Cappadocia

[ kap-uh-doh-shuh ]

/ ˌkæp əˈdoʊ ʃə /

an ancient country in E Asia Minor: it became a Roman province in a.d.

OTHER WORDS FROM Cappadocia

Cap·pa·do·cian, adjective, noun

The doubtful Cappadocian prelate is well known to have been always death on dragons and serpents.

Falling in Love |Grant Allen
He felt happy and again a young boy, unknown by anyone, far from the world, hidden amongst the Cappadocian mountains.

The Death of the Gods |Dmitri Mrejkowski
Their Cappadocian horses had shied, reared, and then galloped off like the whirlwind.

Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 |Ernst Eckstein
Carchemish thenceforward became a Hatti city and the southern capital of Cappadocian power.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 |Various

We had then in the house a Cappadocian, tall, brave to audacity, capable of lifting up an angry bull.

Gryll Grange |Thomas Love Peacock

Cappadocian

/ (ˌkæpəˈdəʊsɪən) /

of or relating to Cappadocia (an ancient region of E Asia Minor) or its inhabitants

a native or inhabitant of Cappadocia

Cappadocia

/ (ˌkæpəˈdəʊsɪə) /

an ancient region of E Asia Minor famous for its horses