Paphlagonia

American  

[paf-luh-goh-nee-uh, -gohn-yuh] / ˌpæf ləˈgoʊ ni ə, -ˈgoʊn yə /

noun

1. an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.

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Paphlagonia British  

/ ˌpæfləˈɡəʊnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the Black Sea

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Example Sentences

POMPEIOPOLIS: there were anciently two cities of the name; one in Cilicia, another in Paphlagonia.

From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius

It resembles the episode of Gloucester and his sons, and shows the old King of Paphlagonia dispossessed, become blind and led by his son Leonatus.

From The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare by Jusserand, J. J.

Does Mithridates then withhold Paphlagonia? and as to the ships, deny that article?

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

Comnenus, left his place of exile in Paphlagonia and appeared in Constantinople at the head of an army, as though the champion of the young sovereign's cause.

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

East of this the range now called Ala-Dagh extends far above 100 m. from the Sangarius to Paphlagonia.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various