Seleucia

Selêucia English Etymology From en la Seleucia, from en grc Σελεύκεια, from grc Σέλευκος Seleucus + grc -εια -ia: forming place names, usually in honor of Seleucus I, founder of the Seleucid Empire which succeeded to Alexander the Great’s conquests in Syria and Central Asia. Equivalent to en Seleucus -ia place. Compare en Alexandria, en Antioch, en Ptolemais, en Laodicea, en Apamea. en Silifke. Pronunciation en /sɪˈluː.ʃə/ /sɪˈluː.ʃɪ.ə/ RP en /sɪˈlu.ʃə/ GA, /səˈlu.ʃə/;Webster /sɪˈlu.ʃi.ə/,The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia /səˈlu.ʃi.ə/, Proper noun s en historical en former city r/Mesopotamia, en capital city c/Seleucid Empire 1. en historical en various other former cities r/Southwestern Asia *founded by the Seleucids, including: en former city r/Syria, the Mediterranean seaport of ancient Antioch on the Orontes. en former city r/Sittacene near Seleucia-on-Tigris. en @syn of:Gadara former city in northwestern c/Jordan near present-day Umm Qais. en @former name of:Aydin city in southwestern c/Turkey. en @former name of:Silifke city in southern c/Turkey. Synonyms Seleucid capital en Seleucia-on-Tigris, en Seleucia on the Tigris Antiochian port en Seleucia Pieria Seleucia in Sittacene en Kokhe, en Mahoza, en Veh-Ardashir, en Bahurasir Related terms en Seleucia-on-Tigris Seleucia on the Tigris Seleucia Pieria Seleucia ad Calycadnum Seleucia on the Calycadnus Seleucia-on-Calycadnus Seleucia Trachea Seleucia Tracheotis Seleucia Cilicia Seleucia in Cilicia Seleucia Isauria Seleucia in Isauria Related terms en Seleucid Translations city Aramaic: arc ܣܠܝܩ slīq Armenian: hy Սելեւկիա Cherokee: chr ᏏᎷᏏᏱ French: fr Séleucie f German: de Seleukia Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Σελεύκεια f Italian: it Seleucia f Latin: la Seleucia f Parthian: xpr 𐭎𐭉𐭋𐭅𐭊𐭉𐭀 Selūkiyā Persian: fa سلوکیه solukiye Polish: pl Seleucja f Portuguese: pt Selêucia f Russian: ru Селевкия Spanish: es Seleucia f Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: ota سلفكه Silifke References Further reading Seleucia (disambiguation) en Cities Latin Etymology la Seleucia :bor grc:Σελεύκεια + 1 Proper noun Seleucia<1.loc> Any of several cities in the ancient Middle East, including: Seleucia ad Tigrim, the capital of the Seleucid Empire Declension Seleucia<1.loc> References la Cities Spanish es: Pronunciation Proper noun f en Seleucia city