- Cilician Gates
- geographical name mountain pass S Turkey in Taurus Mountains
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Cilician Gates
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Cilician Gates — pass in the Taurus Mts., S Turkey … English World dictionary
Cilician Gates — Barbaron redirects here. For the Armenian noble, see Constantine of Baberon. Cilician Gates Gülek Boğazı Gülek Pass in Turkey … Wikipedia
Cilician Gates — Narrow defile through the Taurus (q.v.) range that was the chief passage from the plain of Cilicia into Asia Minor (qq.v.). A beacon system (q.v.) at the west end signaled the appearance of Arab (q.v.) raiders. Cities situated near the… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Cilician Gates — Cili′cian Gates′ n. pl. geg a mountain pass in SE Asia Minor connecting Cappadocia and Cilicia … From formal English to slang
Cilician Gates — a mountain pass in SE Asia Minor, connecting Cappadocia and Cilicia. Turkish, Gülek Bogaz. * * * … Universalium
CILICIAN GATES — the pass across Mount Taurus by which Alexander the Great entered Cilicia … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Cilician Gates — /saɪˈlɪʃən/ (say suy lishuhn) plural noun a narrow mountain pass in south eastern Turkey; a historical route leading from Cappadocia into Cilicia. Turkish, Gülek Bogaz …
Cilician Gates — a mountain pass in SE Asia Minor, connecting Cappadocia and Cilicia. Turkish, Gülek Bogaz … Useful english dictionary
Cicilian Gates — The Cicilian Gates has been called a Corridor of History [Jenkins, Ferrell Biblical Sites in Turkey [http://bibleworld.com/turkey/eturk1.html] ] . North West of Adana, the Cilician Gates is one of the three passes through the snow covered Taurus… … Wikipedia
Киликийские Ворота — (Cilician Gates)Cilician Gates, горный перевал к С. от г.Адана в горах Тавр, Киликия, юж. Турция. В течение столетий перевал был естественным путем, связывавшим Анатолию со Средиземноморским побережьем … Страны мира. Словарь
