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

• IPA^(key): /sɪˈluː.ʃə/, /sɪˈluː.ʃɪ.ə/
• IPA^(key): /sɪˈlu.ʃə/, /səˈlu.ʃə/; /sɪˈlu.ʃi.ə/, /səˈlu.ʃi.ə/,

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

• Seleucia-on-Tigris, Seleucia on the Tigris
• Seleucia Pieria

Related terms

• Seleucid

Translations

city

• Armenian: Սելեւկիա (Selewkia)
• French: Séleucie (fr) f
• German: Seleukia
• Greek:

  Ancient: Σελεύκεια f (Seleúkeia)

• Italian: Seleucia f
• Latin: Seleucia f
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• Parthian: 𐭎𐭉𐭋𐭅𐭊𐭉𐭀 (Selūkiyā)
• Persian: سلوکیه (fa) (solukiye)
• Polish: Seleucja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Selêucia f
• Russian: Селевкия (Selevkija)
• Spanish: Seleucia f

Further reading

• Seleucia (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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

• “Seleucia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Spanish

Proper noun

Seleucia f

1. Seleucia (city)