Caria

American  

[kair-ee-uh] / ˈkɛər i ə /

noun

1. an ancient district in SW Asia Minor.

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Caria British  

/ ˈkɛərɪə /

noun

1. an ancient region of SW Asia Minor, on the Aegean Sea: chief cities were Halicarnassus and Cnidus: corresponds to the present-day Turkish districts of S Aydin and W Muğla

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Example Sentences

Standing outside the church after the Mass, Stefano’s parents, Italo Lai, 77, who retired from a job in public health, and Marina Caria, 68, were saddened at the prospect.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2013

"Friends," in this instance, meant mezzo Joyce DiDonato, a pair of newcomers – baritone Marco Caria and soprano Julia Novikova – together with the LSO and conductor Guillermo García Calvo.

From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2013

Novikova gave us an overly knowing waltz song from Gounod's Roméo et Juliette; Caria was an unusually dangerous Belcore in scenes from Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore.

From The Guardian • Apr. 25, 2013

Another friend of his youth was a lady of noble birth, by name Ada, whom he dignified with the title of "mother," and later established as Queen of Caria.

From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell

Hecatomnus made himself master of Caria in the first decade of the 4th century, but it was under his son Mausolus, who succeeded him in 377-376 that the house rose to its zenith.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various