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seleucia

/sɪˈlu.ʃə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
se-leu-cia
IPA
/sɪˈlu.ʃə/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.

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Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:

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Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:

name

Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:

name

Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:

name

Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:

Etymology

From Latin Seleucia, from Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia), from Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) + -εια (-eia, “-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 Seleucus + -ia. Compare Alexandria, Antioch, Ptolemais, Laodicea, Apamea. Doublet of Silifke.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /sɪˈlu.ʃə/
  • British English: /sɪˈluː.ʃə/

Inflected Forms

Seleucias (plural)

Phrases

Seleucia ad Calycadnum Seleucia Cilicia Seleucia in Cilicia Seleucia in Isauria Seleucia Isauria Seleucia-on-Calycadnus Seleucia on the Calycadnus Seleucia on the Tigris

Frequently Paired Words

Seleucia ad Calycadnum Seleucia Cilicia Seleucia in Cilicia Seleucia in Isauria Seleucia Isauria Seleucia-on-Calycadnus Seleucia on the Calycadnus Seleucia on the Tigris

Synonyms

Gadara Seleucia-on-Tigris Seleucia on the Tigris Seleucia Pieria Kokhe Mahoza Veh-Ardashir Bahurasir

Questions

How do you pronounce seleucia?
The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈlu.ʃə/.
What does seleucia mean?
A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.
Where does seleucia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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