Nicaea
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νίκαια (Níkaia), for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from νίκη (níkē, “victory”) + -ια (-ia, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Iznik and Nice.
Nicaea
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From Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia).
Nīcaea f sg (genitive Nīcaeae); first declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
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