Definition of Adalia

1. Noun. A port city in southwestern Turkey on the Gulf of Antalya.

Exact synonyms: Antalya
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Republic Of Turkey, Turkey

2. Noun. Genus of ladybugs.
Exact synonyms: Genus Adalia
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Coccinellidae, Family Coccinellidae
Member holonyms: Adalia Bipunctata, Two-spotted Ladybug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adalia

Actitis
Actitis hypoleucos
Actitis macularia
Actium
Acton
Acts
Acts of God
Acts of the Apostles
Acuaria spiralis
Acular
Adabe
Adad
Adah
Adair
Adair-Koshland-Nemethy-Filmer model
Adalia (current term)
Adalia bipunctata
Adam
Adam's Peak
Adam's ale
Adam's apple
Adam's apples
Adam's needle
Adam's needle-and-thread
Adam Smith
Adam Tiler
Adam Tilers
Adam and Eve

Literary usage of Adalia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatolica; Or, The Journal of a Visit to Some of the Ancient Ruined Cities by Edwin John Davis (1874)
"... in the Pavement—Ruins at the Foot of the Pass—The Plain of Adalia —Its ... Magnificent Ranges of Mountains opposite Adalia—Climax—Solyma—Bey ..."

2. Handbook for Travellers in Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Persia, Etc. by Sir Charles William Wilson, John Murray (Firm) (1895)
"61) in 14 hrs., and one returning to Adalia can ... a short distance further there is an ascent to the terraced plain of Adalia by an ancient road. ..."

3. Travels in Lycia, Milyas, and the Cibyratis: In Company with the Late Rev. E by Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, Edward Forbes (1847)
"Adalia is the largest and most important city on the southern coast of Asia Minor. ... The population of Adalia is about thirteen thousand, of whom three ..."

4. Handbook to the Mediterranean: Its Cities, Coasts and Islands. For the Use by Robert Lambert Playfair, John Murray (Firm) (1892)
"Adalia, at the head of the Gulf of Pamphylia, is beautifully situated round a ... The extensive rains of Ferge, 3 hrs. from Adalia, can be visited in a day. ..."

5. A Journal Written During an Excursion in Asia Minor by Charles Fellows (1839)
"... of Pamphylia —Adalia—Visit to the Pasha—Botany—Excursion to ancient Cities, ... Return to Adalia—Domestic manners of a Greek Family—Departure. ..."

6. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists and Artists of Foreign Origin by Laurence Binyon (1900)
"the city, mountain ranges rising into a buM rooky mass 1., and stretching r. to Iho plain of Adalia, the long sweep of the coast and the sea. ..."

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