Cilician Gates
Americannoun
plural noun
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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
Alexander then marched through Issus to Myriandrus, to the south of the Cilician Gates, which he had passed.
From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord
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 P. Austin Nuttall
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
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