Paphlagonia

[ paf-luh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh ]

/ ˌpæf ləˈgoʊ ni ə, -ˈgoʊn yə /

an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.

Example sentences from the Web for paphlagonia

From this coast a promontory projects far into the sea, and stretches out southwards towards Paphlagonia, and the city Amastris.

The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3) |Strabo
Because the assizes of Paphlagonia have already so laid it down.

The Death of the Gods |Dmitri Mrejkowski
The Greeks and Romans made their combs of boxwood, much of which was imported from Paphlagonia.

The Captiva and The Mostellaria |Plautus
After this, whilst waiting, they lived partly on supplies from the market, partly on the fruit of raids into Paphlagonia.

Anabasis |Xenophon

Macedonius was informed, that a large district of Paphlagonia 155 was almost entirely inhabited by those sectaries.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon

Paphlagonia

/ (ˌpæfləˈɡəʊnɪə) /

an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the Black Sea