Nicaea

See also: Nicæa

English

Alternative forms

Nicæa (archaic)

Etymology

Via Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), from νίκη (níkē, “victory”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naɪˈsiːə/

Proper noun

Nicaea

(historical) An ancient city in Bithynia in Asia Minor, important during Roman and Byzantine times, on the site of modern-day İznik, Turkey, to which it gave its name. Famous as the site of the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, which composed the Nicene Creed.

Translations

ancient city

Ancient Greek: Νίκαια f (Níkaia)
Armenian: Նիկիա (Nikia)
Old Armenian: Նիկիա (Nikia)
Danish: Nikæa
Finnish: Nikea
French: Nicée (fr)
German: Nicäa (de) f

Greek: Νίκαια (el) f (Níkaia)
Icelandic: Níkea f
Italian: Nicea f
Korean: 니케아 (Nikea)
Latin: Nīcaea f
Portuguese: Niceia f
Russian: Нике́я (ru) f (Nikéja)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /niːˈkae̯.a/

Proper noun

Nīcaea f (genitive Nīcaeae); first declension

Nicaea, Hellenic city in northwestern Anatolia
Nice, France
Nikaia, Greece
Nisa, Portugal

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nīcaea
Genitive	Nīcaeae
Dative	Nīcaeae
Accusative	Nīcaeam
Ablative	Nīcaeā
Vocative	Nīcaea
Locative	Nīcaeae

References

Nicaea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Nicaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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