Pisidia

[ pi-sid-ee-uh, pahy- ]

/ pɪˈsɪd i ə, paɪ- /

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noun

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

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Like his father, he employed mercenaries for his wars, whom he hired from Pisidia and Cilicia.
History of the Jews, Vol. II (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
They had just come out under the arched gateway through the thick walls of the Roman city of Antioch-in-Pisidia.
The Book of Missionary Heroes|Basil Mathews
The aqueduct was standing there in 1914, when the author was at Antioch-in-Pisidia (now called Yalowatch).
The Book of Missionary Heroes|Basil Mathews
Pisidia, part of which had hitherto been included in one province with Isauria, was also detached, and made to include Iconium.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 8|Various

Cordeaux found fragments of fresh-water shells and a few bivalves (Pisidia), while Saxby met with plant fibers and mud.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2)|Arthur Cleveland Bent