Associations to the word «Antioch»

Wiktionary

ANTIOCH, proper noun. The name of a number of cities founded by kings of the Seleucid dynasty, the most famous being "Antioch on the Orontes" in ancient Syria (modern day Antakya in south-eastern Turkey)
ANTIOCH, proper noun. A city in California.
ANTIOCH, proper noun. A village in Illinois.
ANTIOCH, proper noun. A ghost town in Nebraska.
ANTIOCH, proper noun. A village in Ohio.

Dictionary definition

ANTIOCH, noun. A town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity.

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