The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromΝικόπολις
- Latin · borrowed fromNīcopolis
- English todayNicopolis
From Latin Nīcopolis, from Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”) in honor of the Battle of Actium.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.