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Seleucias

Seleucias is the plural of Seleucia.

Meaning of Seleucia

Proper noun

Seleucia (plural Seleucias)

  1. (historical) A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.
  2. (historical) A former city in Syria, the Mediterranean seaport of ancient Antioch on the Orontes.
    Synonyms:
    Seleucia Pieria
  3. (historical) A former city in Sittacene near Seleucia-on-Tigris.
  4. (historical) Synonym of Gadara: a former city in northwestern Jordan, near present-day Umm Qais.
    Synonyms:
    Gadara
  5. (historical) Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
  6. (historical) Former name of Silifke: a city in southern Turkey.

Questions about Seleucias

What is Seleucias the plural of?
Seleucias is the plural of Seleucia.

Words near Seleucias in the dictionary

  1. Seleucia
  2. Seleucia on the Tigris
  3. Seleucia-on-Tigris
  4. Seleucian
  5. Seleucians
  6. Seleucias
  7. seleucid
  8. Seleucid Empire
  9. Seleucidae
  10. Seleucidan
  11. Seleucidean

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