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Lycaonia

American  
[lik-ey-oh-nee-uh, -ohn-yuh, lahy-key-] / ˌlɪk eɪˈoʊ ni ə, -ˈoʊn yə, ˌlaɪ keɪ- /

noun

  1. an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.


Lycaonia British  
/ ˌlɪkəˈəʊnɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient region of S Asia Minor, north of the Taurus Mountains; corresponds to present-day S central Turkey

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They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: 7.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts by Maclaren, Alexander

Thus Gaul together with Lycaonia obtained a Roman governor.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Foster, Herbert Baldwin

Garsauritis appears to have comprised the western or south-western districts adjoining Lycaonia; its chief town was Archelais.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

Therefore as time went on, and no foreign vessels went there any more, they quitted the sea-coast, and betook themselves to Lycaonia, a country which lies on the borders of Isauria.

From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke

The new culture penetrated the mountain ranges of Pisidia and Lycaonia.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

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