SELEUCIA

Meaning of SELEUCIA in English

/si looh"sheuh/ , n.

1. an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire.

2. an ancient city in Asia Minor, near the mouth of the Orontes River: the port of Antioch.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

SELEUCIA — geographical name ancient city SE Asia Minor in Cilicia SW of Tarsus, ancient city, chief city of the Seleucid Empire; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SELEUCIA — 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, …
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SELEUCIA — Seleucia BrE AmE sə ˈluːs i‿ə sɪ-, -ˈluːʃ-, -ˈljuːs-, -ˈljuːʃ-
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SELEUCIA — shaken or beaten by the waves
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SELEUCIA — Селевкия
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SELEUCIA — Pronunciation: s ə - ' lü-sh( ē -) ə Function: geographical name 1 or Seleucia Tra · che · o …
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SELEUCIA, OR SELEUCIA — (named after its founder, Seleucus), near the mouth of the Orontes, was practically the seaport of Antioch. The distance between …
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SELEUCIA TRACHEOTIS — geographical name see: Seleucia
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SELEUCIA PIERIA — geographical name see: Seleucia
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SELEUCIA ON THE TIGRIS — Ancient city, on the Tigris River , central Iraq. Founded by Seleucus I Nicator in the late 4th century BC …
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SELEUCIA TRACHEOTIS — see Seleucia 1
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SELEUCIA PIERIA — see Seleucia 3
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SELEUCIA ON THE TIGRIS — Greek Seleukeia, Hellenistic city founded by Seleucus I Nicator (reigned 312281 BC) as his eastern capital; it replaced Babylon as …
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SELEUCIA TRACHEOTIS — Greek Seleukeia city in Cilicia (in present-day southern Turkey), on the Calycadnus River (modern Goksu Nehri), a few miles from …
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SELEUCIA PIERIA — Greek Seleukeia, in ancient Syria, port of Antioch and frontier fortress on the Cilician border (near modern Samandag, Turkey), 4 …
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CTESIPHON — geographical name ancient city central Iraq on the Tigris opposite Seleucia capital of Parthia & of later Sassanid empire
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TIGRIS RIVER — Arabic Dijlah Turkish Dicle biblical Hiddekel River, Turkey and Iraq. It originates in the Taurus Mountains at Lake Hazar and …
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CTESIPHON — geographical name ancient city central Iraq on the Tigris opposite Seleucia capital of Parthia & of later Sassanid empire
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VOLOGESES IV (OR III) — died AD 192 king of Parthia (reigned 148192). In the early part of his reign he was able to restore …
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VOLOGESES I — died c. AD 80 king of Parthia (reigned c. AD 5180), the son of the previous king, Vonones II, by …
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TIRIDATES III — flourished 1st century AD grandson of the Parthian king Phraates IV and an unsuccessful contender for the Parthian throne. He …
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TIGRIS RIVER — Old Persian Tigra, Greek Trigres, or Tigris, Latin Tigris, Akkadian Idiklat, biblical Hiddekel, Arabic Dijla, Turkish Dicle river in Turkey …
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SYRIAN WARS — (3rd century BC), five conflicts fought between the leading Hellenistic states, chiefly the Seleucid kingdom and Ptolemaic Egypt, and, in …
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SILIFKE — also called Seleucia, town, south-central Turkey. It is located along the banks of the Gksu River, overlooking the Taurus Mountains. …
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SELEUCID KINGDOM — (31264 BC), an ancient empire that at its greatest extent stretched from Thrace in Europe to the border of India. …
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PTOLEMY III EUERGETES — ((Greek: Benefactor)) flourished 246221 BC Macedonian king of Egypt, son of Ptolemy II; he reunited Egypt and Cyrenaica and successfully …
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PANAETIUS — born c. 180, 109 BC the founder of Roman Stoic philosophy, and a friend of Scipio Aemilianus and of Polybius. …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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IRAN, HISTORY OF — history of the Iranian Plateau from prehistoric times to the present. The article covers as well the succession of ancient …
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CTESIPHON — also spelled Tusbun, or Taysafun ancient city located on the left (northeast) bank of the Tigris River about 20 miles …
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ANTIOCHUS III — born 242 BC died 187, near Susa, Iran byname Antiochus The Great, Greek Antiochus Megas Seleucid king of the Hellenistic …
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SYRIA — is the term used throughout our version for the Hebrew Aram, as well as for the Greek Zupia . Most …
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