Cilicia

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

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

Cilicia

2. (historical) An ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats.

• Cilician
• Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia

• cilice

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κιλικία (Kilikía).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɪˈlɪ.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃiˈliː.t͡ʃi.a]

Cilicia f sg (genitive Ciliciae); first declension

1. Cilicia (an ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Translingual: Cilicia

• “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

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

Cilicia f

1. (historical) Cilicia (an ancient region in southeastern Asia Minor in modern Turkey, famed for cilice, i.e. haircloth made from the hair of Cilician goats)