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.

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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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Example Sentences

"But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium," a town to the S.E. of Antioch, in the province of Lycaonia.

From Project Gutenberg

What had now happened, was a warning to Paul to remain no longer at Lystra; "and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe," another city of Lycaonia, not far from Lystra.

From Project Gutenberg

He then went northward into Lycaonia; and at either Derbe or Lystra he found a young man, called Timotheus, or Timothy, one of the believers, who was well spoken of by other Christians in those parts, because they saw that in all things he tried to obey Jesus, and follow His example.

From Project Gutenberg

The best explanation remains that suggested by Miklosich, who derives the word from the Athinganoi, a name originally belonging to a peculiar heretical sect living in Asia Minor near Phrygia and Lycaonia, known also as the Melki-Zedekites.

From Project Gutenberg

Now says the holy Gregory, there was a reverend monk in the country of Lycaonia, very pious, his name was Martyrius.

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