Νίκαια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ia).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǐː.kai̯.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈni.kɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈni.cɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈni.ce.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈni.ce.a/
Proper noun
Νῑ́καιᾰ • (Nī́kaia) f (genitive Νῑκαίᾱς); first declension
- any one of a number of cities named Nicaea
- Nicaea, Transalpine Gaul; present-day Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
- Nicaea, Bithynia; present-day İznik, Bursa, Turkey
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Νῑ́καιᾰ hē Nī́kaia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Νῑκαίᾱς tês Nīkaíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Νῑκαίᾳ têi Nīkaíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Νῑ́καιᾰν tḕn Nī́kaian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Νῑ́καιᾰ Nī́kaia | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Descendants
Language | Nice | İznik |
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Catalan | Niça | Nicea |
French | Nice | Nicée |
Italian | Nizza | Nicea |
Kurdish | – | Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ku" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. |
Occitan | Niça; Nissa | – |
Piedmontese | Nissa | – |
Turkish | – | İznik |
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”).
Proper noun
Νίκαια • (Níkaia) f
Declension
Νίκαια
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | Νίκαια • |
genitive | Νίκαιας • |
accusative | Νίκαια • |
vocative | Νίκαια • |
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