Antioch

[an-tee-ok]

noun

1. Arabic Antakiya. Turkish Antakya. a city in southern Turkey: capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria 300–64 b.c.

2. a city in western California.

Antioch

/ ˈæntɪˌɒk /

noun

1. Turkish name: Antakya. a city in S Turkey, on the Orantes River: ancient commercial centre and capital of Syria (300–64 _bc ); early centre of Christianity. Pop: 155 000 (2005 est)

Other Word Forms

• Antiochian noun

Example Sentences

The author is a writing professor for Antioch University and a published essayist who lives in Los Angeles County.

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Chip Gaines, who with his wife belongs to the evangelical Antioch Community Church in Waco, Texas, fired off what seemed to be a reply on Sunday.

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His route that day called for stops at a middle school and a church in working-class Antioch, then Mendoza’s nonprofit in neighboring Brentwood.

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Walker chose to open her shop on Antioch Street more than 25 years ago so that she could easily walk to her sons’ school.

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And in January, 17-year-old Solomon Henderson opened fire in a school cafeteria in Antioch, Tennessee, killing one student and injuring another before turning the gun on himself.

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