Isauria

British  

/ aɪˈsɔːrɪə /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

The obscure rebellion of Trebellianus, who assumed the purple in Isauria, a petty province of Asia Minor, was attended with strange and memorable consequences.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart

Not merely great centres like Constantinople or Jerusalem, but out-of-the-way tracts in Cappadocia and Isauria, are full of his buildings.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick

They had possession of the coast of the Hellespont and Bithynia; and were found in Phrygia, Isauria, and the neighbouring parts of Asia Minor.

From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by Newman, John Henry Cardinal

It is agreed that Leo was a native of Isauria, and that Conon was his primitive name.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Milman, Henry Hart