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Isauria

British  
/ aɪˈsɔːrɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient district of S central Asia Minor, chiefly on the N slopes of the W Taurus Mountains

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Most Rev. Francesco Marchetti-Selvaggiani, 58, titular archbishop of Seleucia in Isauria, secretary of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of Faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Around it were the ever-restless marauders of Isauria.

From The Arian Controversy by Gwatkin, Henry Melvill

Isauria and Egypt he visited in the character of a conqueror, Gaul in the character of a deliverer.

From The Caesars by De Quincey, Thomas

Leo was an adventurer from the mountains of Isauria.

From Ravenna, a Study by Hutton, Edward

Of such adventurers, the most fortunate was the emperor Leo the Third, who, from the mountains of Isauria, ascended the throne of the East.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 by Milman, Henry Hart

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