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Cilician Gates

Cilician Gates proper noun: a pass through the Taurus Mountains, connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River.

Proper noun

the Cilician Gates

  1. A pass through the Taurus Mountains, connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River.

Questions about Cilician Gates

What does Cilician Gates mean?
Cilician Gates means a pass through the Taurus Mountains, connecting the low plains of Cilicia to the Anatolian Plateau, by way of the narrow gorge of the Gökoluk River.
What part of speech is Cilician Gates?
Cilician Gates is a proper noun.

Words near Cilician Gates in the dictionary

  1. cilices
  2. Cilicia
  3. Cilician
  4. Cilician Armenia
  5. Cilician Armenian
  6. Cilician Gates
  7. Cilicians
  8. cilicious
  9. ciliferous
  10. ciliform
  11. ciliiform

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