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What does the word cilicia mean?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Cilicia literally means, "the land of Celix." It was a maritime province in southeast Asia Minor bordered by Pamphylia, Lycaonia, Cappadocia and Syria. Its capital, Tarsus, was the birthplace of Saul/Paul.

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