Colossae

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Colossae
       n : an ancient city in south western Phrygia in Asia Minor; site
           of an early Christian Church

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:



  Colossae
     or Colosse, a city of Phrygia, on the Lycus, which is a
     tributary of the Maeander. It was about 12 miles above Laodicea,
     and near the great road from Ephesus to the Euphrates, and was
     consequently of some mercantile importance. It does not appear
     that Paul had visited this city when he wrote his letter to the
     church there (Col. 1:2). He expresses in his letter to Philemon
     (ver. 1:22) his hope to visit it on being delivered from his
     imprisonment. From Col. 1:7; 4:12 it has been concluded that
     Epaphras was the founder of the Colossian church. This town
     afterwards fell into decay, and the modern town of Chonas or
     Chonum occupies a site near its ruins.