Paphlagonia

[ paf-luh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh ]

/ ˌpæf ləˈgoʊ ni ə, -ˈgoʊn yə /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for paphlagonia

From this coast a promontory projects far into the sea, and stretches out southwards towards Paphlagonia, and the city Amastris.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume I (of 3)|Strabo
Because the assizes of Paphlagonia have already so laid it down.
The Death of the Gods|Dmitri Mrejkowski
The Greeks and Romans made their combs of boxwood, much of which was imported from Paphlagonia.
The Captiva and The Mostellaria|Plautus
After this, whilst waiting, they lived partly on supplies from the market, partly on the fruit of raids into Paphlagonia.
Anabasis|Xenophon

Macedonius was informed, that a large district of Paphlagonia 155 was almost entirely inhabited by those sectaries.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon

British Dictionary definitions for paphlagonia

Paphlagonia

/ (ˌpæfləˈɡəʊnɪə) /

noun

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

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