Look up: Antioch

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   Antioch
   Antioch is a city in Contra Costa County California, USA. Antioch is a village in Monroe County Ohio, USA. Antioch is a township in Wexford County Michigan, USA. Antioch is a village in Lake County Illinois, USA. Antioch is a township in Lake County Illinois, USA.
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   Antioch
   [n] - a town in southern Turkey
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   Antioch
   City in Phrygia, Anatolia, centre of Hellenism during the pre-Christian period. It was visited by St Paul on his first missionary journey. Under the Roman empire it became a colony. The ruined...
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   Antioch
   Ancient capital of the Greek kingdom of Syria, founded 300 BC by Seleucus I in memory of his father Antiochus, and famed for its splendour and luxury. Under the Romans it was an early centre of...
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   Antioch
   Antakya noun a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
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   Antioch
   `Antioch on the Orontes` was an ancient city on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River, located on the site of the modern city of Antakya, Turkey. Founded near the end of the 4th century BC by Seleucus I Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. Antioch eventually rivaled Alexandria as the chief city of the nearer East and was a cradle of gentile Christianity. It was one of the four cities of the Syrian tetrapolis.
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   Antioch
   ancient city in Phrygia, near the Pisidian border, close to modern Yalvaç, in west-central Turkey. Founded by Seleucus I Nicator (c. 358–281 ), it ...
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   Antioch
   populous city of ancient Syria, and now a major town of south-central Turkey. It lies near the mouth of the Orontes River, about 12 miles (19 km) ... [18 related articles]
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   Antioch
   a principality centred on the city of Antioch, founded by European Christians in territory taken from the Muslims in 1098, during the First Crusade. ... [3 related articles]
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    Antioch
    city, Contra Costa county, western California, U.S. Lying on the San Joaquin River, it was founded as Smith`s Landing in 1849. In 1851 it was renamed ...
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    Antioch
    Antioch (ăn'tēok") or Antakya (äntäk'yä) , city (1990 pop. 124,443), capital of Hatay prov., S Turkey, on the Orontes (Asi) River, near the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of Mt. Silpius. Antioch is the trade center for a region where grains, cotton, grapes, oli...
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    Antioch
    Antioch, city (1990 pop. 62,195), Contra Costa co., W Calif., on the San Joaquin River near the mouth of the Sacramento; inc. 1872. It is a processing and shipping center for the agricultural products of the delta area between the rivers. There is also varied manufacturing.
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