English

Proper noun

Antioch

1. the name of a number of cities founded by kings of the Seleucid dynasty, the most famous being "Antioch on the Orontes" in ancient Syria (modern-day Antakya in south-eastern Turkey).
   • 1982, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 2, Issues 1-4, Page 120

     During his frequent stays at Antioch, Tigranes [king of Armenia], a self-styled king of kings, maintained a sumptuous court with a ceremonial of Achaemenid origin that Plutarch has described.

2. A city in California.
3. A village in Illinois.
4. A ghost town in Nebraska.
5. A village in Ohio.

Related terms

• Antiochene

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• Noahtic