Antakya
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An·ta·kya
(än-täk′yä) also An·ti·och (ăn′tē-ŏk′) A city of southern Turkey on the Orontes River near the Mediterranean Sea. Founded c. 300 bc by Seleucus I, it was an important military and commercial center in the Roman era and an early center of Christianity.
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Antakya
(ɑnˈtɑkjɑ)n
(Placename) the Turkish name for Antioch
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An•ti•och
(ˈæn tiˌɒk)n.
1. Arabic, Antakiya. Turkish, Antakya. a city in S Turkey: capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria 300–64 B.C. 137,200.
2. a city in W California. 55,980.
An•ti•o•chi•an (ˌæn tiˈoʊ ki ən) n., adj.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923 |
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