Cilicia

[ si-lish-uh ]

/ sɪˈlɪʃ ə /

noun

an ancient country in SE Asia Minor: later a Roman province.

OTHER WORDS FROM Cilicia

Ci·li·cian, adjective, noun

Example sentences from the Web for cilician

The Cilician queen is said to have requested Cyrus to show her his army.

The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis |Xenophon
The Cilician took in his oars; Archibius and Dion entered the vessel and questioned the commander.

Cleopatra, Complete |Georg Ebers
He managed to hide this transaction and saved her life by selling her to some Cilician merchants.

Essays on the Greek Romances |Elizabeth Hazelton Haight
Five years later, swooping down from a Cilician raid, he entered Hamath.

The Ancient East |D. G. Hogarh

Associated with them was a young man named Saul, a native of the Cilician city of Tarsus.

Jesus the Christ |James Edward Talmage

British Dictionary definitions for cilician (1 of 2)

Cilician

/ (sɪˈlɪʃɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to Cilicia (an ancient region of SE Asia Minor) or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of Cilicia

British Dictionary definitions for cilician (2 of 2)

Cilicia

/ (sɪˈlɪʃɪə) /

noun

an ancient region and former kingdom of SE Asia Minor, between the Taurus Mountains and the Mediterranean: corresponds to the region around present-day Adana

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Cilicia

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adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for cilician (2 of 2)

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