Cappadocian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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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 Dahn, Felix
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)
The reign of Constantine Ducas was troubled by countless Seljouk invasions of the Armeniac, Anatolic, and Cappadocian themes.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
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