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Cappadocia
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Cap·pa·do·cia  (kp-dsh, -sh-)
An ancient region of Asia Minor in present-day east-central Turkey. Heart of a Hittite state and later a Persian satrapy, it was annexed by the Romans in a.d. 17.
Cappa·docian adj. & n.
Cappadocia [ˌkæpəˈdəʊsɪə]
n
(Placename) an ancient region of E Asia Minor famous for its horses
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Noun1.Cappadocia - an ancient country is eastern Asia MinorCappadocia - an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor
Anatolia, Asia Minor - a peninsula in southwestern Asia that forms the Asian part of Turkey
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