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

There are two kinds of asses, one wild, which is called the onager, of which there, are many herds in Phrygia and Lycaonia; the other domestic, as they are all over Italy.

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax

Eumenes, being defeated through the treachery of one of his officers, fled to Nora, a strong fortress on the confines of Cappadocia and Lycaonia, where he defended himself for more than a year.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

"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 "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary

We had now passed through the ancient provinces of Cilicia, Cappadocia, and Lycaonia, and reached the confines of Phrygia--a rude mountain region, which was never wholly penetrated by the light of Grecian civilization.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard

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)