Laodicea

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΛαοδίκεια
2. Latin · borrowed fromLāodicēa
3. English todayLaodicea

From Latin Lāodicēa, from Ancient Greek Λαοδίκεια (Laodíkeia), from Λαοδίκη (Laodíkē) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), chiefly after Laodice I and other Seleucid empresses. Equivalent to Laodice + -a.