Bithynien

Borrowed from Latin Bithynia, from Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūnĭ́ā).

• IPA^(key): /biˈtyːni̯ən/

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Bithynien n (proper noun, genitive Bithyniens or (optionally with an article) Bithynien)

1. (historical) Bithynia (a geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey)
   • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, 1 Peter 1:1 (with KJV translation)

     Petrus, ein Apostel Jesu Christi, den erwählten Fremdlingen hin und her in Pontus, Galatien, Kappadozien, Asien und Bithynien

     Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia

• Bithynier (“Bithynian”) (demonym)
• bithynisch (“Bithynian”)