Lycia

[ lish-ee-uh ]

/ ˈlɪʃ i ə /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Lycia

lyceum, lychee, lych gate, lychnis, lychnoscope, Lycia, Lycian, lycine, lycopene, lycopenemia, lycoperdonosis

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How to use Lycia in a sentence

Below the Cragus in the interior is Pinara, which is one of the largest cities of Lycia.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
In the first place, the triskelion, which is the foundation of this hypothesis, made its first appearance on the coins of Lycia.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
The Greeks connected the symbol with the cult of Apollo, which they represented as very popular and of hoary antiquity in Lycia.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
The name Lycea, or Lycia, begins to appear in the 6th century.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3|Various

Lycia may be obtained for so many thousand pieces of gold; but the opulence of Phrygia will require a more considerable sum.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon

British Dictionary definitions for Lycia

Lycia

/ (ˈlɪsɪə) /

noun

an ancient region on the coast of SW Asia Minor: a Persian, Rhodian, and Roman province

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