Lycaonia

American  

[lik-ey-oh-nee-uh, -ohn-yuh, lahy-key-] / ˌlɪk eɪˈoʊ ni ə, -ˈoʊn yə, ˌlaɪ keɪ- /

noun

1. an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.

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Lycaonia British  

/ ˌlɪkəˈəʊnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient region of S Asia Minor, north of the Taurus Mountains; corresponds to present-day S central Turkey

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Example Sentences

There were three Europeans, two from “Asia”—meaning by that name, of course, only the Roman province, which included mainly the western seaboard—and two from the wilder inland country of Lycaonia.

From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Maclaren, Alexander

The Greeks had passed through a part of Lycaonia in their march up the country, i.

From The First Four Books of Xenophon's Anabasis by Watson, John Selby

Notes on a Journey through Cilicia and Lycaonia.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

Garsauritis appears to have comprised the western or south-western districts adjoining Lycaonia; its chief town was Archelais.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

We had now passed through the ancient provinces of Cilicia, Cappadocia, and Lycaonia, and reached the confines of Phrygia--a rude mountain region, which was never wholly penetrated by the light of Grecian civilization.

From The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Taylor, Bayard