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bithynia

/bɪˈθɪni.ə/

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What does bithynia mean?

proper noun

  1. (historical) A geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.

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Cotta, his colleague, after much ado in the senate, was sent away with a fleet to guard the Propontis, and defend Bithynia.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
Besides his wives, whom he four times changed, without reckoning the amours of his boyhood with Nicomedes, king of Bithynia, he had the maidenhead of the renowned Cleopatra, queen of Egypt; witness the little Caesario whom he had by her.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600