Myra (mī`rə), ancient city and seaport of Lycia Lycia , ancient country, SW Asia Minor. Egyptian sources ally the Lycians to the Hittites at the time of Ramses II; the Lycians spoke an Anatolian language. Lycia was frequently mentioned by Homer in Greek mythology.
..... Click the link for more information. , S Asia Minor (now S Turkey). The Acts of the Apostles reports that the city was visited by Paul. According to tradition, it was the see of St. Nicholas Nicholas, Saint, patron of children and sailors, of Greece, Sicily, and Russia, and of many other places and persons. Little is known of him, but he is traditionally identified as a 4th-century bishop of Myra in Asia Minor.
..... Click the link for more information. . Ruins of a theater are on the acropolis, and the necropolis has many grand tombs.

Myra

Ancient city, Lycia, southern coast of Anatolia. Its location was near the modern city of Kale in southwestern Turkey. Ancient ruins dating from the 5th to 3rd centuries BC include an acropolis, a magnificent theatre, and several rock-cut tombs that resemble wooden houses and shrines. St. Paul is known to have visited Myra in the 1st century AD, and St. Nicholas was bishop of the city in the 4th century. It was the capital of Byzantine Lycia until it fell to the 'Abbasids in 808.

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Guess you'll wish it was Aunt Myra when you see who has come.

Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context

Your Cousin Myra broke the bottle her tooth-powder was in when she was here last winter and I gave her that old can to keep it in.

The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

Detained at the police jail, the negro wench, Myra.

American Notes for General Circulation by Dickens, Charles View in context

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