Νίκαια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Νῑ́καιᾰ • (Nī́kaia) f (genitive Νῑκαίᾱς); first declension

  1. any one of a number of cities named Nicaea:
    1. Nicaea (ancient Greek and later Roman city in the province of Transalpine Gaul, in modern southeastern France; modern Nice)
    2. Nicaea (ancient Greek city in northwestern Anatolia, in modern Turkey; modern İznik)

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Latin: Nīcaea
  • Old Armenian: Նիկիա (Nikia)
Language Nice İznik
Catalan Niça Nicea
French Nice Nicée
Italian Nizza Nicea
Northern Kurdish – Îznîk
Occitan Niça; Nissa –
Piedmontese Nissa –
Turkish – İznik

Greek

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”).

Proper noun

Νίκαια • (Níkaia) f

  1. Nice (a coastal city, the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeast France)

Declension
  Νίκαια
case     \     number singular
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
genitive Νίκαιας •
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
vocative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •

Further reading
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