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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Bithynia, from Ancient Greek Βῑθῡνῐ́ᾱ (Bīthūníā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈtyːni̯ən/
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Proper noun

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Bithynien n (proper noun, genitive Bithyniens or (optionally with an article) Bithynien)

  1. Bithynia (province of the Roman Empire, in modern-day Turkey)
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, 1 Peter 1:1 (with KJV translation)
      Petrus, ein Apostel Jesu Christi, den erwählten Fremdlingen hin und her in Pontus, Galatien, Kappadozien, Asien und Bithynien
      Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia

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