Cilicia

Cilicia

See also: cilicia and Cilícia

English

Etymology

From Latin Cilicia, from Ancient Greek Κιλικία (Kilikía).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sɪˈlɪsɪə/, /sɪˈlɪʃə/

Proper noun

Cilicia

1. (historical) An ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor, famed for cilice — haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats

Derived terms

• Cilician
• cilice
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

Translations

ancient region

Armenian: Կիլիկիա (hy) (Kilikia) Bulgarian: Киликия (Kilikija) Catalan: Cilícia f Danish: Kilikien French: Cilicie (fr) f German: Kilikien (de) n Greek: Κιλικία (el) f (Kilikía) Ancient: Κιλικία (Kilikía) Hungarian: Kilikia Irish: an Chilic f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Kîlîkya f Latin: Cilicia f Parthian: 𐭊𐭉𐭋𐭊𐭉𐭀 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓‎ (Kilikiyā xšahr) Polish: Cylicja (pl) f Portuguese: Cilícia f Romanian: Cilicia f Russian: Килики́я (ru) f (Kilikíja) Spanish: Cilicia f Swedish: Kilikien, Cilicien Turkish: Kilikya Ukrainian: Кілікія (Kilikija)

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Latin

Cilicia (in red) on a map of the provinces of the Roman Empire circa AD 120.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κιλικία (Kilikía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kiˈli.ki.a/, [kɪˈlʲɪkiä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈli.t͡ʃi.a/, [t͡ʃiˈliːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Cilicia f sg (genitive Ciliciae); first declension

1. Cilicia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cilicia
Genitive	Ciliciae
Dative	Ciliciae
Accusative	Ciliciam
Ablative	Ciliciā
Vocative	Cilicia
Locative	Ciliciae

Descendants

• Translingual: Cilicia

References

• “Cilicia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cilicia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Cilicia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈliθja/ [θiˈli.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈlisja/ [siˈli.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -isja
• Syllabification: Ci‧li‧cia

Proper noun

Cilicia f

1. Cilicia (ancient region)