ANTIOQUÍA - Spanish open dictionary

Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

antioquía
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Name of an ancient city in Turkey. It was also called Antakya, Antioch of Orontes or Antioch of Syria. It is also the name of a city in Peru, better known as Huamansica, which is the capital of the Antioch District and belongs to the Province of Huarochiri, in the Department of Lima. There are other places in Turkey that are also called Antioch: in Pisidia, Migdonia and Taurus. It should never be confused with Antioquia (Without a tilde), which is the name of a Department of Colombia and has other meanings. In this case it means "Golden Mountain" in reference to the large number of gold mines in the region. A version of Latin origin of the place name has been disseminated as "against stillness or against rest", pointing out the great industriousness of its inhabitants.

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ANTAKYA, is a Mediterranean city in Turkey, which was the capital of the Seleucid Empire. Today it is the capital of the province of Hatay and has more than 360,000 inhabitants. 2 . Antioquia , without tilde , ? is one of the 32 departments that, together with Bogotá, Capital District, form the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Medellin, the second most populous city in the country 3. Antioquía District, located in the huarochiri province, Lima department in Peru. 4 . Antioquia, historically Huamansica, Peruvian town capital of the homonymous district. 5 . In Turkey there are several sites with dse name, namely . Antioch of Pisidia, Antioch of Mygdonia and Antioch of Taurus.

Meaning of antioquía