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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ᾰ̓ντῐ́οχος (Ăntĭ́okhos, “Antiochus”) + -ειᾰ (-eiă), name of several Seleucid kings.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /an.ti.ó.kʰeː.a/ → /an.tiˈo.çi.a/ → /an.diˈo.çi.a/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓ντῐόχειᾰ • (Ăntĭókheiă) f (genitive Ἀντῐοχείᾱς); first declension
- Antioch, the name of a number of ancient cities founded by Seleucus I Nicator and named in honor of his father Antiochus:
- Antioch on the Orontes, the most famous.
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