Syria vs Antioch - What's the difference?
syria | antioch |
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?,
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A ghost town in Nebraska.
A village in Ohio.
As proper nouns the difference between syria and antioch
is that syria is a country in the Middle East. Official name: Syrian Arab Republic while Antioch is 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.antioch
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Proper noun
(wikipedia Antioch) (en proper noun)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.