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Nicaea
- /naɪˈsiːə/
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun Nicea · Nikaia · Nicæa
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Former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
Similar: Antiogonia, Ancore, Helicore
- 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.
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Talk about this word "Nicaea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nicaea. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Nicaea. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nicaea "Nicaea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nicaea.Cite this
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title = {Nicaea},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
