English Explanatory Dictionary

Caesarea

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A port city in Israel.
  2. Various other former cities in the Roman Empire, including:
  3. Former name of Kayseri: a city in central Turkey.
  4. Former name of Cherchell: a city in northern Algeria; the former capital of Mauretania and Numidia in the Roman Empire.

Pronunciation

sē′zə-rē′ə /ˌsiː.zəˈɹiː.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Caesarea.wav sĕ′zə-rē′ə /ˌsɛ.zəˈɹiː.ə/ sĕ′sə-rē′ə /ˌsɛ.səˈɹiː.ə/

Word forms

Caesarea Cæsarea Cesarea

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Caesarēa. Both the Algerian and Turkish cities were named in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Kayseri and Cherchell.

Synonyms

Qesarya Caesarea Maritima Caesarea Palestina Caesarea Palaestinae Caesarea Stratonis Caesarea Sebaste

Related words

Caesarea in Mauretania Caesarea Iol Caesarea Maritima Caesarea Mauretaniae Caesarea Mazaca Caesarea Palaestinae Caesarea Palestina Caesarea Philippi Caesarea Sebaste Caesarea Stratonis Iol Caesarea

Derived words

New Caesarea

Translations

Arabic: قَيْسارِيّة Armenian: Կեսարիա Catalan: Cesarea Coptic: ⲕⲁⲓⲥⲁⲣⲓⲁ Czech: Caesarea German: Caesarea Greek: Καισάρεια Ancient Greek: Καισᾰ́ρεια Hebrew: קֵיסָרְיָה Hungarian: Caesarea Italian: Cesarea Kazakh: Кесария Korean: 가이사랴 Latin: Caesarēa Marathi: सीझरीया Marathi: कायसारेआ Old Galician-Portuguese: Cesaira Polish: Cezarea Portuguese: Cesareia Russian: Кесари́я Spanish: Cesarea Turkish: Kayserya Turkish: Kayseri Ottoman Turkish: قیساریه
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