English Explanatory Dictionary

Antioch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Ancient name of Antakya: a city in southeastern Turkey, formerly the capital of the ancient Seleucid Empire and the Crusader Principality of Antioch and a major port of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
  2. Various other cities in Western Asia, founded by the Seleucid dynasty:
  3. Former name of Tarsus: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  4. Former name of Adana: a city in southern Turkey.
  5. Former name of Nusaybin: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  6. Former name of Samsat: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  7. Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
  8. Former name of Urfa: a city in southeastern Turkey.
  9. Former name of Acre: a city and port in Israel.
  10. Former name of Nahavand: a city in Iran.
  11. Former name of Mary: a city in Turkmenistan.
  12. A former city in western Turkey near present-day Yalvaç.

Pronunciation

/ˈæntɪˌɒk/ /ˈæntiˌɑk/ En-us-Antioch.ogg

Word forms

Antioch Antioche

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Antioche, from Old French Antioche, from Latin Antiochīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀντιόχεια (Antiókheia), from Ἀντίοχος (Antíokhos) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), originally from the father of Seleucus I Nicator, the general of Alexander the Great who founded the Seleucid Empire. The name was then borne by other Seleucid emperors, who named various cities after themselves. Later cities in the United States, etc., were subsequently named for the earlier ones, particularly the Syrian Antioch which was an important center of early Christianity. Compare Alexandria, Laodicea, Apamea, Ptolemais, and Seleucia.

Synonyms

Adana Cilician Antioch Antioch on the Sarus Nisibis Samosata Edessa Phrygian Antioch Antioch in Phrygia Antioch Caesarea Pisidian Antioch Antioch in Pisidia Antioch on the Meander Pythopolis Antiochetta Antioch Parva Antioch on the Orontes Syrian Antioch Antiochia Antiokheia Tarsus Ptolemais Antiochia Ptolemais Laodicea Merv Gadara

Related words

Antiochene

Derived words

Antiochian

Translations

Arabic: أَنْطَاكِيَة Aramaic: ܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ Armenian: Անտիոք Armenian: Ավագն Անտիոք Old Armenian: Անտիոք Old Armenian: Աւագն Անտիոք Azerbaijani: Antioxiya Azerbaijani: Əntakiyə Bengali: আন্তাকিয়া Catalan: Antioquia Cherokee: ᎥᏘᎣᎩ Chinese Mandarin: 安條克 /安条克 Chinese Mandarin: 安提阿 Maore Comorian: Antiokia Dutch: Antiochië Esperanto: Antioĥio French: Antioche German: Antiochia German: Antiochien Greek: Αντιόχεια Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια Hindi: अन्ताकिया Icelandic: Antíokkía Indonesian: Antiokhia Italian: Antiochia Kazakh: Антақия Korean: 안티오키아 Latin: Antīochīa Manx: Yn Antioch Marathi: अँटियॉक Old Occitan: Antiocha Old Norse: Anþekja Parthian: 𐭀𐭍𐭃𐭉𐭅𐭊 Persian: انطاکیه Middle Persian: 𐭠𐭭𐭣𐭩𐭥𐭪 Polish: Antiochia Portuguese: Antioquia Russian: Антиохи́я Scottish Gaelic: Antioch Spanish: Antioquía Swedish: Antiokia Swedish: Antiochia Tagalog: Antiokiya Tajik: Антокия Tajik: Антиохия Turkish: Antakya Ottoman Turkish: انطاكیه
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