nicaea
/naɪˈsiːə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Former name of Iznik: a town in Bursa Province, Turkey, famed for the 325 CE church council that composed the Nicene Creed.
name
Former name of Nice: a city in Alpes-Maritimes department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 [...]"
- "Antipolis, the "city facing" or "against," is perhaps so named in reference to its position across the bay from Nicaea."
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Nīcaea, Νίκαια