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Bithynia

/bɪˈθɪni.ə/

Bithynia proper noun: a geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.

bithynia: a geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest...
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Proper noun

Bithynia

  1. (historical) A geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.

Bithynia meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Persian

Bithynia in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Bithynia in Arabic

ancient region
بِيثِينِيَا bīṯīniyā

Bithynia in Persian

ancient region
بیتینی bîtîney

Origin of Bithynia

From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūnĭ́ā).

Words formed from Bithynia

Questions about Bithynia

What does Bithynia mean?
Bithynia means a geographic region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey.
What is Bithynia in Tamil?
Bithynia in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See Bithynia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Bithynia?
Bithynia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Bithynia?
Bithynia is pronounced /bɪˈθɪni.ə/.

Words near Bithynia in the dictionary

  1. bithorax complex
  2. bithorax complexes
  3. Bithramere
  4. bithreshold
  5. bithresholds
  6. Bithynia
  7. Bithynian
  8. Bithynians
  9. bithyniid
  10. bithyniids
  11. Bitica

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Bithynia (page history and authors); Bithynia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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