Antakya. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Antakya

SYLLABICATION:	An·ta·kya
PRONUNCIATION:	än-täkyä
VARIANT FORMS:	also An·ti·och ( nt-k)
	A city of southern Turkey on the Orontes River near the Mediterranean Sea. Founded c. 300 b.c. by Seleucus I, it was an important military and commercial center in the Roman era and an early center of Christianity. Population: 137,200.


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