Attalien

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Attalīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀττάλεια (Attáleia).

Proper noun[edit]

Attalien n (proper noun, genitive Attaliens or (optionally with an article) Attalien)

  1. Attalia (an ancient city in modern Turkey; modern Antalya)
    • 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, Acts 14:24-25 (with KJV translation)
      Und zogen durch Pisidien und kamen nach Pamphylien und redeten das Wort zu Perge und zogen hinab gen Attalien.
      And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia, and when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia.