"Bithynia" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /bɪˈθɪni.ə/
Etymology: From the Latin Bīthȳnia, from the Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|Bīthȳnia}} Latin Bīthȳnia, {{der|en|grc|Βιθυνία|Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ}} Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bithynia
  1. (historical) A region, ancient kingdom, and historical province of the Roman Empire, in the northwest of Asia Minor in modern Turkey. Tags: historical Categories (place): Historical political subdivisions, Historical polities, Places in the Roman Empire, Provinces of the Roman Empire Translations (ancient region): Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), بِيثِينِيَا (bīṯīniyā) [feminine] (Arabic), Բութանիա (Butʻania) (Armenian), Vifiniya (Azerbaijani), Bitinia (Basque), Вити́ния (Vitínija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Bitínia [feminine] (Catalan), 比提尼亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 比提尼亚 (Bǐtíníyà) (Chinese Mandarin), Bithýnie [feminine] (Czech), Bithynien (Danish), Bithynië (Dutch), Bitüünia (Estonian), Bithynia (Finnish), Bithynie [feminine] (French), Bitinia [feminine] (Galician), ბითინია (bitinia) (Georgian), Bithynien [neuter] (German), Βιθυνία (Vithynía) [feminine] (Greek), ביתיניה (Bitiniya) [feminine] (Hebrew), Bithünia (Hungarian), an Bhitín [feminine] (Irish), Bitinia [feminine] (Italian), ビテュニア (Bityunia) (Japanese), 비티니아 (Bitinia) (Korean), Bīthȳnia [feminine] (Latin), Bitīnija [feminine] (Latvian), Bitinija [feminine] (Lithuanian), Bitynia (Norwegian Bokmål), Bithynia (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیتینی (bîtîney) (Persian), Bitynia [feminine] (Polish), Bitínia [feminine] (Portuguese), Bitinia [feminine] (Romanian), Вифи́ния (Vifínija) [feminine] (Russian), Битинија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bitinija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Bitìnia [feminine] (Sicilian), Bitýnia [feminine] (Slovak), Bitinija [feminine] (Slovene), Bitinia [feminine] (Spanish), Bithynien (Swedish), Bitinya (Turkish), Віфі́нія (Vifínija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Віті́нія (Vitínija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "word": "Bitynia"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "word": "Bithynia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bîtîney",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "word": "بیتینی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitynia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitínia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitinia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Vifínija",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вифи́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Битинија"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitinija"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitìnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitýnia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitinija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bitinia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "word": "Bithynien"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "word": "Bitinya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Vifínija",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Віфі́нія"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Vitínija",
      "sense": "ancient region",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Віті́нія"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Bithynia"
}

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