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Bithynia

bit·hy·nia

UK/bɪˈθɪni.ə/ uncommon

noun

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an ancient country in northwestern Asia Minor in what is now Turkey; was absorbed into the Roman Empire by the end of the 1st century BC

Origin

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

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