Nicaea

Nicæa English Alternative forms en Nicea Nikaia en Nicæa archaic Etymology From en la Nīcaea, from en grc Νίκαια, from grc νίκη<t:victory> -ια<t:-ia><pos:suffix forming feminine names>. The city in Turkey was named for Nicaea of Macedon Nicaea wife of Lysimachus. The city in France was named in honour of a victory by Greek colonists over the neighbouring Ligurians. en Iznik Nice. Pronunciation en /naɪˈsiːə/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Nicaea.wav Southern England Proper noun en historical en Q739037 en @former name of:Iznik town p/Bursa c/Turkey famed for the 325 First Council of Nicaea church council that composed the Nicene Creed. en Antiogonia Ancore Helicore en Q33959 en @former name of:Nice city dept/Alpes-Maritimes r/Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur c/France. en 1873 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography 424 https://books.google.com/books?id=j3gPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA424 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. en 1960 The Geography of Strabo 191 https://books.google.com/books?id=yQgRAQAAIAAJ 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 [...] en 2023 Charles Ebel Transalpine Gaul: The Emergence of a Roman Province 27 https://books.google.com/books?id=Gtj7EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA27 Antipolis, the "city facing" or "against," is perhaps so named in reference to its position across the bay from Nicaea. Derived terms en Nicaean Related terms en Nicene Nicene Creed Translations ancient Iznik Iznik Arabic: ar نِيقِيَّة f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܢܹܩܝܼܵܐ f Neqiya Armenian: hy Նիկիա Old Armenian: xcl Նիկիա Azerbaijani: az Nikeya Catalan: ca Nicea f Danish: da Nikæa Farefare: gur Nikea Finnish: fi Nikea French: fr Nicée Galician: gl Nicea f German: de Nizäa n Greek: el Νίκαια f Ancient Greek: grc Νίκαια f, grc Ἀγκόρη, grc Ἑλικόρη, grc Ἀντιγονεία Icelandic: is Níkea f Italian: it Nicea f Japanese: ja ニカイア Nikaia Korean: ko ^니케아 Latin: la Nīcaea f, la Antigonia f Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira نیقِیِه Portuguese: pt Niceia f Romanian: ro Niceea f Russian: ru Нике́я f Spanish: es Nicea f Uzbek: uz Nikeya ancient Nice Nice French: fr Nicée f Latin: la Nīcaea f en eponyms en Byzantine Empire Cities in the Roman Empire Latin Etymology la Nīcaea :bor grc:Νῑ́καια + 1 Pronunciation Nīcaea Proper noun Nīcaea<1.loc> la Iznik la Nice Q33959 Nikaia, Greece Nisa, Portugal Declension Nīcaea<1.loc> Derived terms la Nīcaeēnsis Nīcaenus Descendants ca Nicea 1 en Nicaea fr - fr Nicée 1 1 fr Nice 1 1 de Nicäa Nizäa it - it Nicea 1 1 it Nizza 1 oc Nicèa Niça Nissa pms Nissa 1 pl Nicea es Nicea References la Cities Cities in France Turkey