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Bithynia

American  
[bih-thin-ee-uh] / bɪˈθɪn i ə /

noun

  1. an ancient state in NW Asia Minor.


Bithynia British  
/ bɪˈθɪnɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient country on the Black Sea in NW Asia Minor

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  • Bithynian adjective

Example Sentences

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Having gone through his rites of manhood in Rome, the ambitious young Julius Caesar — Gaius in the opera — is sent to Bithynia to collect ships from King Nicomedes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2017

The instrumentation now comprises a 13-player Western ensemble and, especially for the scenes in exotic Bithynia, five obbligato Asian instruments and a full American gamelan, meaning a Javanese-style mostly metallic percussion orchestra made in America.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2017

When Roman agents came for him in Bithynia on the Black Sea in Anatolia in 183 B.C., he committed suicide rather than submit to Rome.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

He fought against Roman forces as an ally of the kings of Syria and Bithynia.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

He gave his sister to Prusias of Bithynia, in the hope that the latter, having married into the family, would feel himself wedded to its interests.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?