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Lycia

/ˈlɪʃi.ə/

Lycia proper noun: a historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.

lycia: a historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey
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Proper noun

Lycia

  1. (historical) A historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
    • The circumstances surrounding the League's creation are unclear, but it was probably a response to the tyranny of Rhodes, which was briefly assigned control of Lycia in 190 BCE by Rome.2023 September 7, Alastair Gill, “The ancient civilisation that inspired US democracy”, in BBC Travel, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2023
  2. (historical) A former province of the Roman Empire, existing on its own from 43 AD to 74 AD, and later as part of Lycia et Pamphylia.

Lycia meaning in Tamil

Lycia in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

Origin of Lycia

Borrowed from Latin Lycia, from Ancient Greek Λυκίᾱ (Lukíā).

Words formed from Lycia

Questions about Lycia

What does Lycia mean?
Lycia means a historical region in southwestern Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey.
What is Lycia in Tamil?
Lycia in Tamil is இது ஒரு நாடாகும். See Lycia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Lycia?
Lycia is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Lycia?
Lycia is pronounced /ˈlɪʃi.ə/.

Words near Lycia in the dictionary

  1. Lychpit
  2. Lychrel number
  3. Lychrel numbers
  4. lychway
  5. lychways
  6. Lycia
  7. Lycian
  8. Lycians
  9. lycid
  10. lycids
  11. lycine

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Lycia (page history and authors); Lycia (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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