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Definition of Illyria
1. Noun. An uncertain region on the east shore of the Adriatic where an ancient Indo-European people once lived.
Definition of Illyria
1. Proper noun. A region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula that was inhabited by the Illyrians, ancient Indo-European people. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Illyria
Literary usage of Illyria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries by Adolf von Harnack (1908)
"2 We do not know when Paul reached illyria ; probably it was during a visit to
... It is not even certain that he visited illyria at all, for the passage ..."
2. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Alaric in Greece, illyria, and Italy.— In 395, Theodosius died, and at once masses
of the Goths rose under an ambitious young chieftain, Alaric, ..."
3. History of the Planting and Training of the Christian Church by the Apostles by August Neander (1847)
"Paul .spent the rest of the summer and autumn in Macedonia; he probably extended
his labours to the neighbouring country of illyria,^ and then removed to ..."
4. The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane by William Hazlitt (1851)
"A Carian colony, enlarged by settlers from Epidaurus, illyria:. The birth-place
of ^Esculapius. ... N. by illyria, s. by Acarnania, w. by the Ionium mare, ..."
5. A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum by R. S. Poole (1883)
"... light has been thrown on the coinages of the kings and cities of illyria by
a paper recently published in the ' Numismatic Chronicle '* by Mr. AJ Evans. ..."
6. Catalogue of Greek Coins: Thessaly to Aetolia by Reginald Stuart Poole, Percy Gardner, British Museum Dept. of Coins and Medals (1883)
"illyria. A FRESH light has been thrown on the coinages of the kings and cities
of illyria by a paper recently published in the « Numismatic Chronicle ,* by ..."
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