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 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
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
  Νίκαια
case     \     number singular
nominative Νίκαια •
genitive Νίκαιας •
accusative Νίκαια •
vocative Νίκαια •

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