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ˈlɪʃ i əly·ci·a

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Lycianoun

    an ancient region on the coast of southwest Asia Minor

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  1. Lycianoun

    An ancient region and Roman province in the southwest of Asia Minor, between Caria and Pamphylia

  2. Etymology: From Lycia, from Λυκία.

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  1. Lycia

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    Lycia is an ancient region located in what is now known as southwestern Turkey. It was known for its unique art and culture, which was heavily influenced by both the Greeks and Persians. Lycia was also notable for its democratic system and federation of city-states - one of the first of its kind in history. The remains of many ancient cities, tombs, and artifacts can still be found there today.

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  1. Lycia

    Lycia was a geopolitical region in Anatolia in what are now the provinces of Antalya and Muğla on the southern coast of Turkey, and Burdur Province inland. Known to history since the records of ancient Egypt and the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age, it was populated by speakers of the Luwian language group. Written records began to be inscribed in stone in the Lycian language after Lycia's involuntary incorporation into the Achaemenid Empire in the Iron Age. At that time the Luwian speakers were decimated, and Lycia received an influx of Iranian speakers. Lycia fought for the Persians in the Persian Wars, but on the defeat of the Achaemenid Empire by the Greeks, it became intermittently a free agent. After a brief membership in the Athenian Empire, it seceded and became independent, was under the Persians again, revolted again, was conquered by Mausolus of Caria, returned to the Persians, and went under Macedonian hegemony at the defeat of the Persians by Alexander the Great. Due to the influx of Greek speakers and the sparsity of the remaining Lycian speakers, Lycia was totally Hellenized under the Macedonians. The Lycian language disappeared from inscriptions and coinage.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lycia in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Lycia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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