Caria

American  

[kair-ee-uh] / ˈkɛər i ə /

noun

1. an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.

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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

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Example Sentences

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

When he came to Caria, Ada, who was reigning there as queen, adopted him as her son, and wanted him to take all her best cooks with him to provide his meals for the future. 

From Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

England becomes Athens, France, Caria, America, the Islands, and Franklin, Eleutherion; and Jones himself is masked as an Athenian lawyer.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell