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Cilicia
[ si-lish-uh ]
noun
- an ancient country in SE Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
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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- Ci·lician adjective noun
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Example Sentences
They were induced also to do this by the imbecility of the kings who succeeded each other on the thrones of Syria and Cilicia.
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Some writers,237 among whom is Artemidorus, consider this place as the commencement of Cilicia, and not Coracesium.
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He himself, retaining the general surveillance, went to Cilicia with the rest of his forces.
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Cicero, while he was governor in Cilicia, got the current news from such a professional correspondent.
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Struck by this reasoning, Seleukus started for Cilicia in person, at the head of a large army.
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