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Lycia

American  
[lish-ee-uh] / ˈlɪʃ i ə /

noun

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


Lycia British  
/ ˈlɪsɪə /

noun

  1. an ancient region on the coast of SW Asia Minor: a Persian, Rhodian, and Roman province

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Bertozzi is also the founder of three companies working on practical applications of her discoveries: Palleon Pharmaceuticals in Waltham, Mass.; Lycia Therapeutics in San Francisco; and Redwood Bioscience in Emeryville, Calif.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Lycia Maddocks, political director of NDN Collective, a South Dakota-based advocacy group, said COVID-19 made it difficult to count people living on reservations because many tribes closed their borders.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Her group came up with one of the new approaches, and she is a founder of Lycia Therapeutics, a startup pursuing drugs that use the strategy.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 31, 2021

The story begins in the 4th Century, when Demre was called Myra and the region Lycia.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2014

They invaded Lycia and were repulsed by Bellerophon.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton