Phrygia

American  

[frij-ee-uh] / ˈfrɪdʒ i ə /

noun

1. an ancient country in central and NW Asia Minor.

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Phrygia British  

/ ˈfrɪdʒɪə /

noun

1. an ancient country of W central Asia Minor

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Example Sentences

The Phrygian cap is an updated version of a conical hat worn in antiquity in places such as Persia, the Balkans, Thrace, Dacia and Phrygia, a place in modern day Turkey where the name originates.

From Seattle Times

On this particular trip Jupiter had determined to find out how hospitable the people of Phrygia were.

From Literature

There were distinctive Trane licks, for example, in guitarist Rogers’s modal “Phrygia,” and a familiar tenor tremolo in the tune’s bridge.

From Washington Post

In ancient Phrygia, there was a legend that whoever could untie an infamously complicated knot between a chariot and its yoke would become the next king of Phrygia.

From Washington Times

During the company’s two weeks here, I grew increasingly impressed by Maria Vinogradova, a soloist who had two roles in “Swan Lake,” one in “Don Quixote” and who on Saturday played Phrygia in “Spartacus.”

From New York Times