Galatien

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Galatia, from Ancient Greek Γαλατία (Galatía).

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Proper noun

Galatien n (proper noun, genitive Galatiens or (optionally with an article) Galatien)

  1. Galatia (a historical region of ancient Asia Minor, in what is now central 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
  2. Galatia (a former province of the Roman Empire, existing from 25 BC to the late 7th century AD)
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