Galatien

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin Galatia, from Ancient Greek Γαλατία (Galatía).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Galatien n (proper noun, genitive Galatiens or (optionally with an article) Galatien)

  1. Galatia (an ancient region in Asia Minor, in modern 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
  2. Galatia (a province of the Roman Empire)