Cappadocian
Britishadjective
noun
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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
Gothelindis called her Cappadocian mercenaries together, and promised them heaps of gold, if they would keep by her, go with her to Dalmatia, and occupy the fortress of Salona.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Felix Dahn
His crown was transferred to Constantine Ducas, another Cappadocian noble, who was supposed to be second only to Isaac in competence and popularity.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
During the later part of their history they were in continual contact with Assyria, and, as a Syrian power, and perhaps also as a Cappadocian one, they finally succumbed to Assyrian pressure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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