Νίκαια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nǐː.kai̯.a/ → /ˈni.cɛ.a/ → /ˈni.ce.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǐː.kai̯.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈni.kɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.cɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ce.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈni.ce.a/

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 Iznik)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Νῑ́καιᾰ; τῆς Νῑκαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νῑ́καιᾰ hē Nī́kaia
Genitive	τῆς Νῑκαίᾱς tês Nīkaíās
Dative	τῇ Νῑκαίᾳ têi Nīkaíāi
Accusative	τὴν Νῑ́καιᾰν tḕn Nī́kaian
Vocative	Νῑ́καιᾰ Nī́kaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Νίκαια (Níkaia)
• Latin: Nīcaea
  • English: Nicaea
  • French: Nice, Nicée
    • English: Nice
• Ottoman Turkish: ازنیق (İznik)
  • Turkish: İznik
    • English: Iznik
• Old Armenian: Նիկիա (Nikia)
  • 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

Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), 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

	singular
nominative	Νίκαια (Níkaia)
genitive	Νίκαιας (Níkaias)
accusative	Νίκαια (Níkaia)
vocative	Νίκαια (Níkaia)

Further reading

• Νίκαια on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el