Cappadocian

British  

/ ˌkæpəˈdəʊsɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Cappadocia (an ancient region of E Asia Minor) or its inhabitants

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Cappadocia

Example Sentences

The year was 400, and the anxious writer was the Cappadocian Bishop Asterius of Amasea.

From Slate • Dec. 5, 2016

That is not the case with a underground system that’s been uncovered in what is now Turkey, which archeologists believe Cappadocian settlers used to avoid chaos above ground thousands of years ago.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2015

There at length the swarthy Moor and Spaniard were seen to meet the blue-eyed Gaul; and the Cappadocian, late subject to Mithridates, gazed without alarm at the haughty conquering Roman.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

Only one Greek author, Herodotus, alludes to the pre-historic Cappadocian power and only at the latest moment of its long decline.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

Several localities in the Cappadocian country were the sites of famous temples.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various