{"def":{"lit":"a violent rushing","short":"Bithynia, a region of Asia","long":["a Roman province in Asia Minor, bounded by the Euxine Sea, the Propontis, Mysia, Phrygia, Galatia, Paphlagonia"]},"deriv":"of uncertain derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"βi.θyˈni.ɑ","ipa_mod":"vi.θjuˈni.ɑ","sbl":"bithynia","dic":"vee-thoo-NEE-ah","dic_mod":"vee-thyoo-NEE-ah"}}