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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southern Turkey on the Orontes River near the Mediterranean Sea. Founded c. 300 BC by Seleucus I, it was an important military and commercial center in the Roman era and an early center of Christianity.
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- noun a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
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Examples
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Speaking at the state hospital in Antakya, the main Turkish city in the area, Mr. Muhammad said he was forced to leave his wife and children behind because Turkish border guards were allowing only the sick and the wounded to cross.
Turkey Condemns Syria's 'Cruelty' Ayla Albayrak 2011
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The emergency ward at Antakya hospital is about to receive its latest casualty from Syria.
Refugee Crisis Mounts in Turkey as Syrian Violence Escalates 2011
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The objects, on display together for the first time, are a cross section of the discoveries made at Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey) during the 1930s.
Museums Post 2010
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The emergency ward at Antakya hospital is about to receive its latest casualty from Syria.
Refugee Crisis Mounts in Turkey as Syrian Violence Escalates 2011
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"Scattered Evidence: Excavating Antioch-on-the-Orontes" Excavations during the 1930s brought to light the ancient city of Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey).
A sampling from area museum exhibits Post 2010
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Turkey has become the main entry point to Syria for opposition smuggling networks, said Jamil Saib, a Syrian refugee who organizes sending medical equipment, satellite phones, cameras and other supplies into Syria from the Turkish city of Antakya.
For Syrian Medics, a Deadly Bid to Save Lives Marc Champion 2011
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As Mr. Saib spoke in a café in Antakya, a mainly ethnic-Arab city on Turkey's border with Syria, he got a call from couriers bringing a carload of medical equipment from Germany, who had been stopped at Turkey's border with Bulgaria.
For Syrian Medics, a Deadly Bid to Save Lives Marc Champion 2011
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Several months later during the siege of Antioch (later Antakya, now Hatay near the border of Turkey and Syria), more of the same methods were deployed.
Archive 2009-05-01 AYDIN 2009
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Natasha Fillion for The Wall Street Journal Jamil Saib, a Syrian refugee who organizes supplies of medical equipment, satellite phones, cameras and other equipment to send into Syria from the Turkish city of Antakya, said Turkey had now become the main entry point to Syria for opposition smuggling networks.
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The emergency ward at Antakya hospital is about to receive its latest casualty from Syria.
Refugee Crisis Mounts in Turkey as Syrian Violence Escalates 2011
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