SELEUCIA


Meaning of SELEUCIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈlü-sh(ē-)ə ]

geographical name

1. or Seleucia Tra·che·o·tis ˌtrā-kē-ˈō-təs ancient city SE Asia Minor in Cilicia SW of Tarsus

2. ancient city, chief city of the Seleucid Empire; ruins now in Iraq on the Tigris SSE of Baghdad

3. or Seleucia Pi·er·ia pī-ˈir-ē-ə, -ˈer- ancient city Asia Minor N of mouth of the Orontes; port for Antioch

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.