Cilician
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Julius Caesar was captured by Cilician pirates in 75BC.
From Salon ● May 21, 2022
In 1998, when Turkey’s government banned gambling, the country’s casino operators promptly moved their operations across the Cilician Sea, turning Northern Cyprus into a mecca for Turkish gamblers.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 13, 2015
As they looked down towards the Cilician Gates, standing in the corridor side by side, a sigh came suddenly from the girl.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
The years 964 and 965 were spent in achieving the former object: three long sieges made him master of the great Cilician frontier fortresses, Adana, Mopsuestia, and Tarsus.
From The Byzantine Empire by Charles William Chadwick Oman
And Plato the comic writer, in his Long Night, calls large ill-made loaves Cilician, in these words— Then he went forth, and bought some loaves, not nice Clean rolls, but dirty huge Cilicians.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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