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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Galatia
       n : an ancient country in central Asia Minor

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Galatia


     has been called the "Gallia" of the East, Roman writers calling
     its inhabitants Galli. They were an intermixture of Gauls and
     Greeks, and hence were called Gallo-Graeci, and the country
     Gallo-Graecia. The Galatians were in their origin a part of that
     great Celtic migration which invaded Macedonia about B.C. 280.
     They were invited by the king of Bithynia to cross over into
     Asia Minor to assist him in his wars. There they ultimately
     settled, and being strengthened by fresh accessions of the same
     clan from Europe, they overran Bithynia, and supported
     themselves by plundering neighbouring countries. They were great
     warriors, and hired themselves out as mercenary soldiers,
     sometimes fighting on both sides in the great battles of the
     times. They were at length brought under the power of Rome in
     B.C. 189, and Galatia became a Roman province B.C. 25.
     
       This province of Galatia, within the limits of which these
     Celtic tribes were confined, was the central region of Asia
     Minor.
     
       During his second missionary journey Paul, accompanied by
     Silas and Timothy (Acts 16:6), visited the "region of Galatia,"
     where he was detained by sickness (Gal. 4:13), and had thus the
     longer opportunity of preaching to them the gospel. On his third
     journey he went over "all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in
     order" (Acts 18:23). Crescens was sent thither by Paul toward
     the close of his life (2 Tim. 4:10).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Galatia, white; the color of milk
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Galatia, IL (village, FIPS 28261)
    Location: 37.84110 N, 88.61388 W
    Population (1990): 983 (452 housing units)
    Area: 5.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62935
  Galatia, KS (city, FIPS 25050)
    Location: 38.64140 N, 98.95717 W
    Population (1990): 47 (37 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 67564, 67565

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Galatia, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    1013
     Housing Units (2000): 455
     Land area (2000):     1.961162 sq. miles (5.079387 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.015945 sq. miles (0.041297 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.977107 sq. miles (5.120684 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            28261
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             37.840409 N, 88.610815 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     62935
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Galatia, IL
      Galatia
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Galatia, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
     Population (2000):    61
     Housing Units (2000): 32
     Land area (2000):     0.370954 sq. miles (0.960766 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.370954 sq. miles (0.960766 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            25050
     Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
     Location:             38.641414 N, 98.958896 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     67564 67565
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Galatia, KS
      Galatia
  

















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