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antakya

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An⋅ta⋅kya

  [ahn-tah-kyah]
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–noun
Turkish name of Antioch.

An⋅ti⋅och

  [an-tee-ok]
–noun
1. Arabic, Antakiya. Turkish, Antakya. a city in S Turkey: capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria 300–64 b.c. 66,520.
2. a city in W California. 43,559.
Related forms:
An⋅ti⋅o⋅chi⋅an  [an-tee-oh-kee-uhn] , noun, adjective
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An·ta·kya   (än-täk'yä)   
A city of southern Turkey on the Orontes River near the Mediterranean Sea. Founded c. 300 B.C. by Seleucus I, it was an important military and commercial center in the Roman era and an early center of Christianity. Population: 144,000.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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