Kilikien

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kiˈliːki̯ən/
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Kilikien n (proper noun, genitive Kilikiens or (optionally with an article) Kilikien)

  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)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.