Nicea

See also: niĉea and Niceą

English

Proper noun

Nicea

1. Alternative form of Nicaea (“Iznik”).

Anagrams

• ENIAC, AINEC, -caine, Caine, naice

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia). Doublet of Niça.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [niˈse̞.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [niˈse.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [niˈse.a]

Proper noun

Nicea f

1. Nicaea (ancient Greek city in northwestern Anatolia, in modern Turkey; modern İznik)

Derived terms

• Credo de Nicea

Related terms

• nicè

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /niˈt͡ʃɛ.a/
• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Hyphenation: Ni‧cè‧a

Proper noun

Nicea f

1. Nicaea (ancient Greek city in northwestern Anatolia, in modern Turkey; modern İznik)

Related terms

• niceno

Anagrams

• Ciane, ancie, anice, cenai

Polish

Nicea

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē)

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ia

Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă)

Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia)bor.

Latin Nīcaealbor.

Polish Nicea

Learned borrowing from Latin Nīcaea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲiˈt͡sɛ.a/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛa
• Syllabification: Ni‧ce‧a

Proper noun

Nicea f (related adjective nicejski)

1. Nice (a coastal city, the capital of Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)
2. Nicaea (an ancient city and archaeological site in the regional unit of Anatolia, in modern Turkey)

Declension

Declension of Nicea

	singular
nominative	Nicea
genitive	Nicei
dative	Nicei
accusative	Niceę
instrumental	Niceą
locative	Nicei
vocative	Niceo

Further reading

• “Nicea”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Nicea in PWN's encyclopedia