English Explanatory Dictionary

Seleucia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.
  2. Various other former cities in Southwestern Asia founded by the Seleucids, including:
  3. A former city in Syria, the Mediterranean seaport of ancient Antioch on the Orontes.
  4. A former city in Sittacene near Seleucia-on-Tigris.
  5. Synonym of Gadara: a former city in northwestern Jordan, near present-day Umm Qais.
  6. Former name of Aydin: a city in southwestern Turkey.
  7. Former name of Silifke: a city in southern Turkey.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈluː.ʃə/ /sɪˈluː.ʃɪ.ə/ /sɪˈlu.ʃə/

Word forms

Seleucia Seleucias

Etymology

From Latin Seleucia, from Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia), from Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), usually in honor of Seleucus I, founder of the Seleucid Empire which succeeded to Alexander the Great’s conquests in Syria and Central Asia. Equivalent to Seleucus + -ia. Compare Alexandria, Antioch, Ptolemais, Laodicea, Apamea. Doublet of Silifke.

Synonyms

Seleucia Pieria Kokhe Mahoza Veh-Ardashir Bahurasir Seleucia-on-Tigris Seleucia on the Tigris Gadara

Related words

Seleucia ad Calycadnum Seleucia Cilicia Seleucia in Cilicia Seleucia in Isauria Seleucia Isauria Seleucia-on-Calycadnus Seleucia on the Calycadnus Seleucia on the Tigris Seleucia-on-Tigris Seleucia Pieria Seleucia Trachea Seleucia Tracheotis Seleucid

Translations

Armenian: Սելեւկիա Cherokee: ᏏᎷᏏᏱ French: Séleucie German: Seleukia Ancient Greek: Σελεύκεια Italian: Seleucia Latin: Seleucia Parthian: 𐭎𐭉𐭋𐭅𐭊𐭉𐭀 Persian: سلوکیه Polish: Seleucja Portuguese: Selêucia Russian: Селевкия Spanish: Seleucia Ottoman Turkish: سلفكه
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary