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Nicean

Nicean is the alternative form of Nicaean.

Meaning of Nicaean

Adjective

Nicaean (not comparable)

  1. Of, from or relating to Nicaea (modern-day Iznik, Turkey).
    Synonyms:
    Nicene
    1. Of, from or relating to the Empire of Nicaea, a medieval polity centred on the city.

See all 5 meanings of Nicaean

Forms of Nicean

pluralNiceans

Questions about Nicean

What is Nicean the alternative form of?
Nicean is the alternative form of Nicaean.

Words near Nicean in the dictionary

  1. nice-nellyisms
  2. nice-nice
  3. nice-to-have
  4. nice-to-haves
  5. Nicea
  6. Nicean
  7. Niceans
  8. niced
  9. nicefem
  10. nicefems
  11. niceify

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Nicean (page history and authors); Nicaean (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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