Paphlagonia

American  

[paf-luh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh] / ˌpæf ləˈgoʊ ni ə, -ˈgoʊn jə /

noun

1. an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.

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Paphlagonia British  

/ ˌpæfləˈɡəʊnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the Black Sea

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Paphlagonia

Does Mithridates then withhold Paphlagonia? and as to the ships, deny that article?

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough

And this is why love plays so great a part in the game, and that is how the match was arranged between the Blue Prince and the Princess of Paphlagonia.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

POMPEIOPOLIS: there were anciently two cities of the name; one in Cilicia, another in Paphlagonia.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Cornelius Tacitus

He asserts that the Manichæans had been made to confess these disgraceful doings in public judgments, in Paphlagonia, in the Gauls, and several times at Carthage.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

For they announced that the Princess of Paphlagonia, being suddenly orphaned, would be sent to him in the twelfth moon that she might marry his eldest son as covenanted by ancient treaty.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill