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- Ancient Greek · derived fromΣελεύκεια
- Latin · borrowed fromSeleucia
- English todaySeleucia
From Latin Seleucia, from Ancient Greek Σελεύκεια (Seleúkeia), from Σέλευκος (Séleukos, “Seleucus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”), usually in honor of Seleucus I, founder of the Seleucid Empire which succeeded to Alexander the Great’s conquests in Syria and Central Asia. Equivalent to Seleucus + -ia. Compare Alexandria, Antioch, Ptolemais, Laodicea, Apamea. Doublet of Silifke.
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