Lykaonien

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Lycaonia, from Ancient Greek Λυκαονία (Lukaonía).

Proper noun

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Lykaonien n (proper noun, genitive Lykaoniens or (optionally with an article) Lykaonien)

  1. Lycaonia (an ancient region in modern Turkey)
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Acts 14:6 (with KJV translation)
      wurden sie des inne und entflohen in die Städte des Landes Lykaonien, gen Lystra und Derbe, und in die Gegend umher
      They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about