Seleucia

See also: Selêucia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia), usually in honor of Seleucus I, founder of the Seleucid Empire which succeeded to Alexander the Great’s conquests in Syria and Central Asia.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Seleucia (plural Seleucias)

  1. (historical) Any of several cities in the ancient Western Asia, including:
    1. Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris, the capital of the Seleucid Empire.
    2. Seleucia Pieria, the port of Antioch.
    3. The Seleucia located in Sittacene near the Seleucia-on-Tigris; also known as Kokhe, Mahoza, Veh-Ardashir, or Bahurasir

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. “Seleucia”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. “Seleucia”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  3. “Seleucia” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.
  4. “Seleucia”, in Collins English Dictionary; from Michael Agnes, editor, Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th edition, Cleveland, Oh.: Wiley, 2010, →ISBN.
  5. The International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia).

Proper noun

Seleucia f sg (genitive Seleuciae); first declension

  1. Any of several cities in the ancient Middle East, including:
    1. Seleucia ad Tigrim, the capital of the Seleucid Empire

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Seleucia
Genitive Seleuciae
Dative Seleuciae
Accusative Seleuciam
Ablative Seleuciā
Vocative Seleucia
Locative Seleuciae

References

Spanish

Proper noun

Seleucia f

  1. Seleucia (city)
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