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Mysia , ancient region, NW Asia Minor. It was N of Lydia and its coast faced Lesbos. Mysia was not a political unit, and it passed successively to Lydia, Persia, Macedon, Syria, Pergamum, and Rome.

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Mysia Part of N. Asia Minor on the Aegean Sea; Paul passed through two of its cities (Troas, Acts 16: 8, and Assos, Acts 20: 13).

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Mysia, Turkey An ancient region in the north‐west named after the Mysians, the meaning of whose name is not known.

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