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Nicaea

/naɪˈsiːə/

Nicaea proper noun: former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.

Proper noun

Nicaea

  1. (historical) Former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
    Synonyms:
    Antiogonia, Ancore, Helicore
  2. (historical) Former name of Nice: a city in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
    • From this time, nothing more is heard in history of Nicaea, which continued to belong to the jurisdiction of Massilia, and, even after it came to be subject to the Romans, and included geographically in Italy, was still for municipal purposes dependent upon its parent city.1873, A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, page 424
    • Ain, the seaboard which extends from Massilia to the Varus River and to those Ligures who live in the region of the river has not only the following cities of the Massiliotes, namely, Tauroentium, Olbia, Antipolis, and Nicaea, but also [...]1960, The Geography of Strabo, page 191

Nicaea meaning in Arabic

Nicaea in Arabic

ancient Iznik
نِيقِيَّة nīqiyya

Synonyms of Nicaea

  • Antiogonia
  • Ancore
  • Helicore

Forms of Nicaea

alternative formNicea
alternative formNikaia
alternative form (archaic)Nicæa

Origin of Nicaea

From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + -ια (-ia, “-ia”, suffix forming feminine names). The city in Turkey was named for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus. The city in France was named in honour of a victory by Greek colonists over the neighbouring Ligurians. Doublet of Iznik and Nice.

Words formed from Nicaea

Questions about Nicaea

What does Nicaea mean?
Nicaea means former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
What is Nicaea in Arabic?
Nicaea in Arabic is نِيقِيَّة (nīqiyya). See Nicaea meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Nicaea?
Nicaea is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Nicaea?
Nicaea is pronounced /naɪˈsiːə/.

Words near Nicaea in the dictionary

  1. nic
  2. Nic.Dam.
  3. Nica
  4. nicad
  5. nicads
  6. Nicaea
  7. Nicaean
  8. Nicaeans
  9. nicafenine
  10. nicainoprol
  11. NICAM

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