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Lycia

noun
1.
An ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor.





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"Lycia" Quotes from Famous Books



... Orthodox Eastern (9th of May) Churches, the patron of ferrymen. Nothing that is authentic is known about him. He appears to have been originally a pagan and to have been born in Syria. He was baptized by Babylas, bishop of Antioch; preached with much success in Lycia; and was martyred about A.D. 250 during the persecution under the emperor Decius.[1] Round this small nucleus of possibility, however, a vast mass of legendary matter gradually collected. All accounts agree that he was of great stature ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various


Words linked to "Lycia" :   geographic area, Asia Minor, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, Anatolia


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