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

The cities of Lindus, Ialysus, Camirus, Cos, with Cnidus and Halicarnassus, on the mainland, formed the Dorian Hexapolis of Caria, inferior, however, to the Ionian and Æolian colonies.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

And that the figs from Caunus, a city of Caria, are much praised, is known to all the world.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us