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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καταονία (Kataonía).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cataonia f sg (genitive Cataoniae); first declension
- An ancient district of Cappadocia, in modern Turkey
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Cataonia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cataonia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly