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

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

"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

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

But if the word "Galatia" is used in a political sense, signifying a particular province of the Roman empire, then it means a large area much further south, including Pisidia, Lycaonia, and part of Phrygia.

From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton

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