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