Antioch

alternative obsolete Antioche

1. historicalAncient name of Antakya: a city in southeastern Turkey, formerly the capital of the ancient Seleucid Empire and the Crusader Principality of Antioch and a major port of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

   During his frequent stays at Antioch, Tigranes [king of Armenia], a self-styled king of kings, maintained a sumptuous court with a ceremonial of Achaemenid origin that Plutarch has described.

   1982, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Volume 2, Issues 1-4, Page 120

   Synonyms: Antioch on the Orontes, Syrian Antioch, Antiochia, Antiokheia

2. Various other cities in Western Asia, founded by the Seleucid dynasty:
   1. historicalFormer name of Tarsus: a city in southeastern Turkey.

      Synonyms: Tarsus

   2. historicalFormer name of Adana: a city in southern Turkey.

      Synonyms: Adana, Cilician Antioch, Antioch on the Sarus

   3. historicalFormer name of Nusaybin: a city in southeastern Turkey.
   4. historicalFormer name of Samsat: a city in southeastern Turkey.

      Synonyms: Samosata

   5. historicalFormer name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
   6. historicalFormer name of Urfa: a city in southeastern Turkey.

      Synonyms: Edessa

   7. historicalFormer name of Acre: a city and port in Israel.

      Synonyms: Antiochia, Ptolemais, Antiochia Ptolemais

   8. historicalFormer name of Nahavand: a city in Iran.

      Synonyms: Laodicea

   9. historicalFormer name of Mary: a city in Turkmenistan.

      Synonyms: Merv

   10. historicalA former city in western Turkey near present-day Yalvaç.
   11. historicalA former city in western Turkey near present-day Kuyucak.
   12. historicalA former city in southern Turkey near present-day Gazipaşa.
   13. historicalA former city in northwestern Jordan near present-day Umm Qais.

       Synonyms: Gadara

3. historicalA former country in the Middle East, a Crusader state centered on Antakya.
4. historicalVarious former provinces centered on Antakya.
5. A number of places in the United States.
   1. A small unincorporated community in Clarke County, Alabama.
   2. A city in Contra Costa County, California.
   3. An unincorporated community in Hillsborough County, Florida.
   4. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Georgia.
   5. An unincorporated community in Troup County, Georgia.
   6. A township and village therein, in Lake County, Illinois.
   7. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana.
   8. An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana.
   9. An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana.
   10. An unincorporated community in Posey Township, Switzerland County, Indiana.
   11. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky.
   12. A former unincorporated community in Lyon County, Kentucky.
   13. An unincorporated community in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana.
   14. An unincorporated community in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.
   15. An unincorporated community in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana.
   16. A township in Wexford County, Michigan.
   17. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
   18. A ghost town in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
   19. A village in Monroe County, Ohio.
   20. A neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee.

       Authorities have identified Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old student, as the suspect in the Antioch High School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee.

       2025 January 22, Channel2 NOW Staff, “Solomon Henderson, Antioch High School shooter’s manifesto leaked”, in Channel2 NOW, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2025

       1 more example

       Nearly all the women are wearing a hijab, one of the reasons they’re in this self-defense class in Antioch, Tennessee, a community nestled next to Nashville. For three hours, these Muslim women learn Krav Maga and Brazilian jiu-jitsu defense moves, including kicks, punches and elbow strikes that will help them escape an attacker.

       2016 February 18, Kyung Lah, “Fearing attacks, Muslim women learn self-defense”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2021

   21. An unincorporated community in Cass County, Texas.
   22. An unincorporated community in Delta County, Texas.
   23. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas.
   24. A ghost town in Houston County, Texas.
   25. An unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas.