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Caria

American  
[kair-ee-uh] / ˈkɛər i ə /

noun

  1. an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.


Caria British  
/ ˈkɛərɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient region of SW Asia Minor, on the Aegean Sea: chief cities were Halicarnassus and Cnidus: corresponds to the present-day Turkish districts of S Aydin and W Muğla

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Standing outside the church after the Mass, Stefano’s parents, Italo Lai, 77, who retired from a job in public health, and Marina Caria, 68, were saddened at the prospect.

From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2013

Novikova gave us an overly knowing waltz song from Gounod's Roméo et Juliette; Caria was an unusually dangerous Belcore in scenes from Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2013

"Friends," in this instance, meant mezzo Joyce DiDonato, a pair of newcomers – baritone Marco Caria and soprano Julia Novikova – together with the LSO and conductor Guillermo García Calvo.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2013

Thence this witness discovered the mountains of Caria, 156 and other land further on.

From The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Bartolom? de las Casas

It comes from Caria, near Alabanda, and from Miletus in the same province.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola

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