- Galatia
- geographical name ancient country & Roman province central Asia Minor in region centered on modern Ankara, Turkey • Galatian adjective or noun
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Galatia
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Galatia — Galatia, IL U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 1013 Housing Units (2000): 455 Land area (2000): 1.961162 sq. miles (5.079387 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.015945 sq. miles (0.041297 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.977107 sq. miles (5.120684… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
GALATIA — GALATIA, district in Asia Minor, which became a Roman province in 25 B.C.E. Evidence of the existence of Jews in Galatia is scanty, but it is likely that Jewish settlement began with the establishment of Jewish military colonies by Antiochus III… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Galatia, IL — U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 1013 Housing Units (2000): 455 Land area (2000): 1.961162 sq. miles (5.079387 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.015945 sq. miles (0.041297 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.977107 sq. miles (5.120684 sq. km) FIPS … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Galatia, KS — U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 61 Housing Units (2000): 32 Land area (2000): 0.370954 sq. miles (0.960766 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.370954 sq. miles (0.960766 sq. km) FIPS code:… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Galatĭa — Galatĭa, 1) (a. Geogr. Gallogräcia), Landschaft in Kleinasien, nach den Galătä od. Celten (s.d.) benannt, zwischen Paphlagonien, Pontus, Lykaonien, Kappadocien, Phrygien u. Bithynien; Gebirge: Olympos, Ormenion u. Dindymos; Flüsse: Sangarios u.… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Galatia — Galatia, ein Theil Phrygiens mit den Städten Ancyra u. Pessinus, erhielt seinen Namen von den im 3. Jahrh. v. Chr. eingewanderten Galliern, deren Angriff zuerst Griechenland gegolten hatte. Die Verfassung dieses fremdartigen Staats in Asien war… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
GALATIA — Castaldo Chiangare, Turcis Gelas, regio min. Asiae, Phrygiae contermina, ita dicta a Gallis, qui relictâ patriâ ibi sedes fixêrunt. Huius incolae Galatae vocantur, et Gallograeci, quod ex Gallis simul ac Graecis coaluerint. Item Tectosagae,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Galatia — [gə lā′shə] ancient kingdom in central Asia Minor, made a Roman province c. 25 B.C. Galatian adj., n … English World dictionary
Galatia — Infobox Former Country native name = conventional long name = Galatia common name = Galatia| continent = moved from Category:Asia to the Middle East region = the Middle East country = Turkey era = Ancient status = status text = empire =… … Wikipedia
Galatia — Has been called the Gallia of the East, Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli. They were an intermixture of Gauls and Greeks, and hence were called Gallo Graeci, and the country Gallo Graecia. The Galatians were in their origin a part of … Easton's Bible Dictionary
Galatia — Galatian, adj., n. /geuh lay sheuh, shee euh/, n. an ancient country in central Asia Minor: later a Roman province; site of an early Christian community. * * * Ancient district, central Anatolia. It was occupied early in the 3rd century BC by… … Universalium
