Cilician Gates

American  

noun

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

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Cilician Gates British  

plural noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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 Lord, John

Leonidas with his cavalry troop followed the young king in the attack upon the Cilician Gates, which scattered the guard stationed there and opened the way into the satrapy of Cilicia.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.

Cilician Gates, the pass across Mount Taurus by which Alexander the Great entered Cilicia.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

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