Proper noun
Paphlagonia
A historical region in northern Asia Minor, on the shore of the Black Sea, between Bithynia and Pontus
The Byzantines still controlled the coastal strip from Sile on the Black Sea to Üsküdar and the city of Amasra (Amastris) in Paphlagonia, but these were so scattered and isolated as to be no threat to the Ottomans. Source: Internet