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Cilician Gates

American  

noun

  1. a mountain pass in SE Asia Minor, connecting Cappadocia and Cilicia.


Cilician Gates British  

plural noun

  1. Turkish name: Gülek Bogaz. a pass in S Turkey, over the Taurus Mountains

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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

After a halt here, we continued our way, still rising slowly until we entered the Cilician Gates, where the road just finds room to pass through a narrow rocky gorge.

From A Kut Prisoner by H. C. W. Bishop

When he recovered, he sent Parmenio to secure the pass over Mount Amanus, six days' march from Tarsus, called the Cilician Gates.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

Before reaching the Cilician Plain the river receives the waters of the Kerkhun Su, which cuts through the Bulgar Dagh, and opens a way for the roads from the Cilician Gates to Konia and Kaisarieh.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

Taurus, and one of these flows through the narrow gorge known as the Cilician Gates.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

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