Definitions for "Antioch"
a town in southern Turkey; ancient commercial center and capital of Syria; an early center of Christianity
Ancient city located in modern-day Syria. It was in Antioch that the followers of Jesus were first called Christians.
Antioch on the Orontes (Greek: Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη, Αντιόχεια η επί Ορόντου or Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη; Latin: Antiochia ad Orontem; also Antiochia dei Siri, Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch) was an ancient city on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River located on the site of the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.
Pericles' first destination on his first voyage, where he discovers incest
Antioch is often an Anglicization of the Greek name Αντιόχεια (transliterated as Antiocheia or Antiochia); see also Antiochia for further places with this name.
'Cloth of Antioch' referred to rich silks from the East, and more specifically to a type of figured brocade with patterned birds. The birds were highlighted with gold in on the beaks, heads, feet and wings.